Dwight Freeney, the linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals will be able to move forward with his securities fraud case naming Bank of America Corp. (BAC). According to the National Football League player, the bank was complicit in a scam that compelled him to lose over $20M and force his restaurant…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to propose rules to make enhancements to the regulatory oversight and operational transparency of Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs). The proposal would mandate that a ATS trading through the National Market System (NMS) submit detailed disclosures regarding: operations and broker-dealer operator and affiliated-related activities,…
Bloomberg/BNA reports that according to sources, efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to come down harder on violations of municipal securities disclosures will soon include the filing of enforcement cases against the issuers of those securities. The regulator’s Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) initiative had pressed municipal securities issuers…
According to the New York Post, sources say that the US Attorney’s office in Connecticut is going after Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and at least two traders over complex debt securities that investors bought up through 2013. Ex-RBS banker Matthew Katke, who pled guilty earlier this year to inflating…
Robert B. Hahn has pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in a $5.4M Texas financial fraud that bilked about 100 investors. He faces up to 20 years behind bars. According to information presented before the judge, from 1/07 to 2/15, Hahn, who was an insurance agent, claimed to…
Barclays Resolves Securities Fraud Claims Related to Libor Rigging Barclays PLC (BARC) has consented to pay $120 million to resolve securities fraud claims accusing the bank of conspiring with competitors to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate, also known as Libor. Barclays is the first to settle allegations made by…
FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities $1.4M The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is fining Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DB) $1.4M for Regulation SHO violations, as well as for supervisory failures. According to the self-regulatory organization, for more than 10 years, the firm improperly included securities positions of a broker-dealer affiliate who…
A federal bankruptcy court has approved plans to issue $1.18B to investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scam. This means that immediate distribution of the funds can take place to those whose claims for repayment have been approved by Madoff trustee Irving Picard. This is the sixth…
Wedbush to Pay Trusts, Family Members Over $813,000 A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Panel says that Wedbush securities and investment advisor Kevin Thomas Scarpelli must jointly and severally pay several investors over $813,000 to resolve allegations of professional negligence and failure to supervise related to investments made in Natural Resources…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Earl D. Miller for securities fraud. According to the regulator, the Indiana man bilked investors, many of whom were Amish and new to investing, through private investment vehicles 5 Star Capital LLC and 5 Star Commercial LLC. The SEC says Miller began…