So far, the agency has awarded over $520 million to 94 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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T.I’s social media manager, William Sparks, Jr. allegedly offered and sold FLiK tokens on T.I.’s social media accounts and two other people based in Atlanta, Chance White and Owen Smith, promoted SPARK tokens without disclosing they were promised compensation in return. Carolyn M. Welshhans, Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement commented: The federal securities…
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The court found Pegasus guilty on charges for claiming to be registered and its director Reps for failing to prevent the company from committing the offence. Pegasus and Reps face significant fines of up to $300K for the company and either a $100K for Reps and/or 12 months’ imprisonment. The FMA will comment further on…
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Direct Loan UK (Clone of an FCA authorised firm) Telephone: 08006891586 Website: www.directloanuk.co.uk GCG International/Sage Global Address: The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands MH 969660 Telephone: +35220882857 Email: [email protected] Website: https://gcginternational.com Growing Power Loans Ltd (Clone of FCA authorised firm) Telephone: 03308180718, 0207 097 5306, 07411 360…
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Throughout the course of the investigation, Ho co-operated with ASIC, participated in voluntary interviews and provided documents. Ho also formally admitted to the offences and the facts regarding them. In recognition of this co-operation, Ho’s sentence was reduced by half. ASIC Deputy Chair Daniel Crennan QC commented: ASIC will take strong action against market misconduct…
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Michael Tecku, investor who lost a substantial amount of money in YieldStreet, said: The dream of YieldStreet was beautiful, but the reality is a nightmare. These investments were marketed as low risk asset-backed institutional investments run by experts with reasonable returns, but the truth is, there are no experts and there is no institution. It’s…
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Capital Way/Eastridge Capital Address: Trust company complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands MH96960 Telephone: +44 (0) 203 318 4938; +47 21 40 0133; +49 3222 9990 062; +81 345 799 520; +46 107 502 363; +61 283 116 655; +353 766 042 739; +34 518 899 144; +45 787 242…
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Eurex Repo posted 46% MoM decline in GC Pooling, however Repo markets grew by 2.99% MoM. At the EEX, electricity went down 12.99% MoM for August 2020, gas dropped 9.9% and emissions trading fell 47.7%. Aug-20 Jul-20 Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives (million) 45.4 60.3 -24.71% European interest rate…
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Whistleblower Office Director Christopher Ehrman added: The whistleblower’s tip helped stop fraudulent activity that harmed main street investors. Rewarding that kind of assistance is especially gratifying. So far, the US watchdog has awarded around $120 million to whistleblowers for their help since the first award was issued in 2014. The whistleblower awards are paid from…
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ApcoFX Address: Kaiserleistraße 41, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Deutschland; 8 Lancelot Pl Knightsbridge, London SW7 1DR, UK Telephone: +44 7733074379 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.apcofx.com MCManagement Address: Hardturmstrasse 181, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Telephone: 02080894395, 07452390842, 07452390837 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: https://www.mcmanagment.com/ Donaldson Finley Corporate Partners Address: 1140 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10006, USA…
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