The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered an Opinion and Order (Order) against Defendants Gary Creagh and Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC (Wall Street Pirate), both of New York, New York. The Order, entered on…
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The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) today ordered the former chairman and chief executive officer of Greencool Technology Holdings Limited, Mr Gu Chujun, to disgorge $481,969,785 of profit from his market misconduct, Hong Kong SFC just announced. This is the largest disgorgement order amount ever imposed by the MMT to date. On 29 December 2016, the…
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Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited has paid a penalty of $505,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), ASIC announced earlier today. The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Macquarie had contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by failing to comply with the ASIC…
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed a $120 million fine against an individual who apparently made almost 100 million spoofed robocalls in violation of the Truth in Caller ID Act. The law prohibits callers from deliberately falsifying caller ID information to disguise their identity with the intent to harm or defraud consumers. Mr. Adrian…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced additional charges in an enforcement investigation involving the improper handling of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) by a Wall Street firm’s securities lending desk. The SEC’s order finds supervisory failures by Anthony Portelli, a former managing director and head of operations at broker-dealer ITG Inc., a unit of…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today entered an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Respondents McVean Trading & Investments, LLC (MTI), a Memphis-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), its Chairman and CEO, Charles Dow McVean, Sr. (McVean, pictured above), and President, Michael J. Wharton (Wharton), and long-time MTI consultant Samuel C. Gilmore (Gilmore).…
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UBS Securities Australia Limited has paid penalties totalling $280,000 to comply with two infringement notices given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (the MDP), ASIC announced earlier today. The first infringement notice ($140,000) relates to the operation, use and monitoring of a crossing system known as UBS Price Improvement Network (UBS PIN). The second…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge Jose E. Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a Consent Order against North American Asset Management, LLC (NAAM) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, its owner and president Alexi Bethel of Miami, Florida, and its owner and managing director…
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced that has decided to impose an administrative penalty of €15,000 on BTFX Brokersclub Limited in terms of the powers granted to the Authority under Article 16A of the Investment Services Act. Brokersclub Limited was found in breach of: SLC 7.45 of Part BI of the Investment Services Rules…
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The Eastern Magistrates’ Court has convicted Mr Sammy Shiu Kin Keung after he pleaded guilty to illegal short selling in the shares of Share Economy Group Limited (formerly known as Vitop Bioenergy Holdings Limited), Global Tech (Holdings) Limited and China Ocean Industry Group Limited (formerly known as China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group Limited) on 14…
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