The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that David L. Peavler, Associate Director of Enforcement in the Fort Worth Regional Office, is leaving the agency this month after more than 15 years of service. Mr. Peavler joined the SEC staff as a Staff Attorney and went on to serve as a Branch Chief and then…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against a Virginia-based mechanical engineer accused of scheming to manipulate the price of Fitbit stock by making a phony regulatory filing. According to the SEC’s complaint, Robert W. Murray purchased Fitbit call options just minutes before a fake tender offer that he orchestrated was filed on…
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ASIC announced that has banned Christopher Robert Con Foo (also known as Christopher Robert Confoo) from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services for a period of seven years. Mr Con Foo, a former finance business manager, arranged car finance and insurance for customers buying vehicles from South Yarra BMW, a car dealership operated…
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Hana Rado, a well-known senior business executive in Israel and Vice Chair of the Israel office of global advertising agency McCann Erickson, is apparently finalizing plans to admit to charges of insider trading in shares of Compugen Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ:CGEN). Rado will apparently plead guilty to charges that she bought NIS 50,000 (about USD $14,000)…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Izumi Ventures. Izumi Ventures is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Arkwright Property Management / Arkwright Property Development. Arkwright Property Management / Arkwright Property Development is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced and welcomed the appointment and re- appointment by the Financial Secretary of members to the SFC Advisory Committee for two years from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2019. I warmly welcome Ms Prudence Ann Bennett, Mrs Ann Kung Yeung Yun-chi and Dr Tan Yue-heng to be the…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Lucky Loans. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm PDL Finance. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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