Salmaan Siddiqui and David Higgs have pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to falsify books in the mortgage-backed securities fraud case against them. Higgs was former a Credit Suisse managing director while Siddiqui had been vice president. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking District Judge Robert Wilkins to make the federal Securities Investor Protection Corp. set up a claims process for the Ponzi fraud victims of R. Allen Stanford. These investors had purchased $7.2B in certificates of deposit that allegedly ended up being bogus. The…
The former COO of AmeriFirst Acceptance Corp. and AmeriFirst Funding Corp. was recently convicted of multiple counts of Texas securities fraud and mail fraud for his involvement in bilking over 500 investors of over $50 million. A lot of the victims of Dennis Woods Bowden were retirees. Per evidence that…
In an effort to help incoming National Football League members from getting their careers started on solid financial ground, the NFL and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation are working with each other to help educate players and their families about investment fraud. The joint efforts come in…
In their efforts to move forward with rulemaking for over-the-counter derivatives, some are saying that the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission may find themselves grappling with differences that could pose a challenge for industry participants. For example, differences between proposed and final regulations could set…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has put out a formal notice to stockbrokers to let them know that complex financial products must come under the focus of heightened supervision. According to the SRO, a complex product is one with numerous features that can impact its investment returns depending on different…
55 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, prosecutors, and analysts have been dispatched by the US government to join up with state law enforcement officials as part of a financial crimes enforcement unit that will investigate how home mortgage abuses played a part in creating the economic meltdown of 2008. The…
If you have sustained losses from investing in KBS Cap Markets Non-Traded REITs or any other non-traded REITs, do not hesitate to contact the securities fraud law firm of Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LTD, LLP right away to request your free case evaluation. While publicly registered non-exchange traded real…
According to The New York Times, by allowing that there be exemptions to certain regulations and laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission is letting Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, Bank of America, and other large financial firms avoid the liability that is supposed to come with losing securities fraud lawsuits while still…
The SEC is accusing First Resource Group LLC and its founder David H. Stern of violating sections of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission contends that they ran a boiler room scam involving penny stock companies while selling the same stocks to…