Category: Charges

ASIC ban
April 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC takes action against Macquarie Bank for unauthorised withdrawals

Court added: ASIC’s case is not focused on Mr Hopkins’ conduct but rather on alleged multiple failures by Macquarie to take proper steps to monitor, detect and prevent unauthorised transactions’. According to the Australian watchdog, the transactions were conducted between May 20016 and January 2020. During this time, Macquarie failed to take measures to prevent…

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CFTC fine
March 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

US court issues $5 million penalty over commodity futures pool fraud

According to the court files, Phelps and Castenir formed Maverick, which operated commodity trading pool. In 2013 the company solicited over $1.2 million in funds from investors. The defendants used false materials claiming that Phelps had an extensive history of investing successfully in commodity trading markets. The defendants also falsely assured investors that there would…

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SEC fraud
March 16, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC files fraud charges in a $58 million penny stock scheme

Furthermore, the Commission alleged that defendants were paid $10 million for promoting thinly traded stocks, which they misled investors to believe had high prospects for success. Paul Levenson, Director of the SEC’s Boston Regional Office, said: These scam artists went to great lengths – using bogus companies, aliases, and spoofing their phone numbers – to…

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February 08, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Credit Suisse faced with money laundering charges

This customer had started placing suitcases full of cash in a safe deposit box at Credit Suisse. He was later shot dead in 2005. The prosecutors believe that Banev and his associates used a practice called smurfing. This entails breaking down a large sum of money into smaller amounts, which are below the AML alert…

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SEC fraud
January 26, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC charges former UBS financial adviser with stealing $5.8 million

Eric I. Bustillo, Director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office, commented: As a financial advisor, Nino was entrusted with millions of dollars belonging to his client. As alleged in our complaint, Nino took advantage of that trust by abusing his access to his client’s accounts for personal gain. The financial markets regulator explained that Nino…

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CFTC penalty
December 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Dubai traders ordered to pay $100K to settle charges brought by CFTC

Charges According to the financial markets watchdog, Bansal and Agarwal engaged in the fraudulent activities for accounts held by Aralia and Vintage. Around 14 April 2020, Bansal led Agarwal to enter orders for Vintage to sell 250 gold futures contracts traded on COMEX at a specific time. Agarwal entered those orders and Bansal entered off-setting…

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December 01, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC files charges in a $49 million insider trading schemes

Debih allegedly traded on the tips he received from the investment bankers and recommended to others to trade. SEC has charged seven other people in connection with these schemes. Debih is charged violating the antifraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. He has agreed to the entry of a judgment which, if approved…

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