The SEC stated in its report regarding the second charge: Radjabli allegedly generated $162,800 in illicit profits on the resulting increase in Veritone’s stock price by trading Veritone securities on behalf of Apis Capital and an affiliated fund. The third fraud that Radjabli has now been charged with consisted of yet another fraudulent scheme regarding…
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An ACCC spokesperson stated: The ‘Hope Business’ app is a scam. Victims were encouraged to transfer funds in a Ponzi scheme. They were initially able to withdraw funds which encouraged them to recommend the application to family and friends, but they were subsequently unable to access their money. The same spokesperson then stressed that anyone…
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ASIC also revealed that Fineff provided financial services outside of Sentinel’s license and that he also acted in conflict with the company. Sentinel lodged a breach notification with ASEC on 25 March 2020 in relation to Fineff’s conduct. He was then arrested on 7 May 2021 and charged with 18 counts of dishonesty obtaining financial…
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The ACCC said in the report: It is not surprising that in 2020, 25% of all scam reports involved the loss of personal information, up from 16% in 2019. Loss of personal information was even higher among Indigenous consumers, where 36% of all scam reports involved the loss of personal information. The increasing value of…
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Additionally, options and futures which feature on both the MSCI China Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index and the MSCI Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index also provide investors with the opportunity to gain vital exposure to some of the largest firms listed in Hong Kong. The MSCI Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index works…
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The firm was also found to have employed high-pressure tactics when it came to making sales, recommended trading sales which were found to be inappropriate for its clients, made deceptive representations to clients, failed to comply with several financial services laws, and finally implemented remuneration schemes and a trading floor culture based on maximum trade…
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The EU competition enforcer said in a statement: Today’s decision, correcting the procedural error and including a detailed reasoning on the fine calculation, imposes fines on the three entities of ICAP having participated in the five infringements at the time. The ruling from 2015 accused ICAP of Libor rigging the yen in several cartels with…
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The CFTC now claims that these worst-case scenarios were in fact not based on historical scenarios at all and that LJM’s legitimate internal historical scenarios displayed losses far greater than 40% for each strategy. The complaint goes on to allege that around the tail-end of 2017 through to February 2018, LJM dramatically deviated from its…
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Mung also failed to ensure transactions undertaken on behalf of the client were given priority over orders for his own account in the period between May 2017 and March 2018. In SFC’s decision to impose a fine on Ewarton, the regulator took into consideration the duration of the company’s misconduct. The Commission also took into…
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The trades are settled in RUB via MOEX’s infrastructure, which includes a qualified central counterparty and record-keeping with the central securities depository (NSD). Dividends are set in the currency of the issuer, i.e., in USD for US securities. Individual investors are able to establish their eligibility a reduction of or exemption from tax on dividend…
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