The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has just announced that Phaetra Capital GP LLC, Phaetra Capital Management LP, and Argenta Group LLC have been find more than $23 million for defrauding investors. The complete announcement reads as follows: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that on December 3, a federal court in New York…
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UBS (NYSE:UBS) has agreed to pay $15 million total fine to FINRA, SEC and FinCEN. The financial services company failed to implement anti-money laundering programs. Susan Schroeder, FINRA’s Executive Vice President, Department of Enforcement, commented on the news: AML systems must be reasonably designed to monitor transactions for potentially suspicious activity. When firms are part of…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced that it has fined the UK investment professional Angela Burns £20,000. The regulator has also banned her from acting as a non-executive director. The official and complete FCA announcement can be seen below: The Financial Conduct authority (FCA) has banned Angela Burns from acting as a non-executive director (NED)…
Read moreThree brokers will pay more than $6 million in order to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges. Citadel Securities LLC, Natixis Securities Americas LLC, and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. have provided the SEC with inaccurate securities trading information, when asked for the so called “blue sheet data,” which the SEC uses to carry out regulatory…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just announced that it has fined the company Cyprint Plc and its former Director due to Insider Dealing. Cyprint Plc has to pay a total administrative fine of €10.000 and Mr Christakis Christodoulou, Executive Director at the time, €5.000. The complete text of the regulator’s decision can…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced that it has fined Mohammad Ataur Rahman Prodhan, the former Chief Executive Officer of Sonali Bank (UK) Limited (SBUK), £76,400 for being knowingly concerned in a breach by SBUK of its obligations to maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) systems. This is not the first time the regulator takes action…
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The Federal Court has ordered State One Stockbroking Limited (State One) to pay penalties totalling $350,000 after the company failed to comply with ASIC’s Market Integrity Rules (MIRs). The Court found State One contravened the Corporations Act 2001 by failing to comply with two of the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (ASX Market) 2010. The Court…
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Sydney-based company Dampier Finance Australia Limited, who holds an Australian Financial Services license (AFSL), has been fined $240,000 for failing to lodge its company annual reports and financial statements with ASIC. On 13 November 2018, Dampier Finance Australia was found guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court of failing to submit annual financial reports with…
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Australian regulator ASIC has announced earlier today that UBS Securities Australia Limited (UBS) has paid a penalty totalling $120,000 to comply with an infringement notice given by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (the MDP). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that UBS contravened Rule 3.3.1(b) of the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (ASX Market) 2010. The…
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A federal court in New York has entered orders against Kevin P. Whylie of Ozone Park, New York, Matthew James Zecchini of East Islip, New York, and the New York hedge fund they co-founded, Algointeractive Inc(together, Defendants), to pay more than $1 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution. The Court’s Orders resolve the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) enforcement…
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