The SFC alleges that the syndicate members organised and executed the schemes in the shares of two Hong Kong-listed companies through different social media platforms. They manipulated the trading of a large volume of those shares by using a substantial number of nominee accounts. The regulator stated: In implementing the schemes, the syndicate members were…
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Furthermore, SEC discovered that Loop Capital did not maintain a system reasonably designed to supervise its municipal securities activities. The regulator noted that its procedures were inadequate, using insufficient methods to identify potential violations of the municipal advisor registration rules. LeeAnn Ghazil Gaunt, Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Public Finance Abuse Unit, said: The municipal…
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Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said: I applaud the excellent work of the Division’s Public Finance Abuse Unit in bringing these first-ever actions in the $4 trillion municipal bond space. We encourage underwriters to examine their practices and to self-report any failures to us before we identify them ourselves. LeeAnn…
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ASIC noted that in some cases, the money Ali received from investors had come from investors’ self-managed superannuation accounts. In 2018, in the midst of ongoing civil proceedings against him and an ongoing investigation, Ali left Australia. He was arrested in Poland in November 2021 after a warrant for his arrest was issued. Poland granted…
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Details on the three cases Bhardwaj, who is former CISO of Lumentum Holdings Inc., and his friends, Dhirenkumar Patel, Srinivasa Kakkera, Abbas Saeedi, and Ramesh Chitor, using information not yet made available to the public, traded securities and generated $5.2 million in profits. In another case, SEC revealed that Goel, an investment banker and his…
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Afterwards, Lam transfered these amounts from the payroll accounts back into his mother’s personal bank account without the knowledge or authorisation of the five customers. According to the financial markets regulator, Lam’s mother aimed to improve his performance at SCB. As a result, the bank gave Lam $4,520 as additional quarterly incentive after including in…
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Prior to the official announcement by PanAust of the takeover bid on 30 March 2015, Li acquired 390,000 PanAust CFDs during the period between 19 and 26 March 2015. He also made his wife acquire 265,000 PanAust CFDs between 22 and 26 March 2015. In sentencing, Judge Rinaudo said: [He] took an unfair advantage when…
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Sanjay Wadhwa, Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and head of its Climate and ESG Task Force, said: Registered investment advisers and funds are increasingly offering and evaluating investments that employ ESG strategies or incorporate certain ESG criteria, in part to meet investor demand for such strategies and investments. Here, we allege that…
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Additionally, the defendants misappropriated substantial amounts of the remaining customer funds by sending it to accounts in Alexandre’s name. He used the money to pay other customers in a Ponzi-like scheme, and for his personal expenses. He used client money to make payments to BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Saks Fifth Avenue. He also paid with…
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The scheme According to the CFTC, Yang and her companies ran the trading scheme between April 2017 and March 2020. The defendants solicited investors and raised funds for the purported purpose of forex trading. The regulator alleges that the defendants made several false representations to the existing and potential pool participants of the scheme. They…
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