{"id":7275,"date":"2019-08-08T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2019-08-21T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:32:06","slug":"elder-investor-fraud-lead-to-sec-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/elder-investor-fraud-lead-to-sec-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Mispriced Funds and Elder Investor Fraud Lead to SEC Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>State Street To Pay More Than $88M After Overcharging For Mutual Funds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>State Street Bank and Trust Company will pay over $88M to resolve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> charges accusing it of overcharging investment advisory clients, including mutual funds, for expenses related to its custody of client assets. From 1998 to 2015, State Street allegedly collected $170M in overcharges involving out-of-pocket custodial costs that it paid on behalf of clients. While the clients had consented to pay for these costs, they did not agree to being overcharged for them.<\/p>\n<p>Of the $170M in excessive charges, $110M was for a concealed markup added to the charge for transmitting financial messages via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swift.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)<\/a> network. As part of the settlement, State Street will pay almost $49M of disgorgement plus prejudgment interest and a $40M penalty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/elder-investor-fraud-lead-to-sec-cases\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Mispriced Funds and Elder Investor Fraud Lead to SEC Cases\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Street To Pay More Than $88M After Overcharging For Mutual Funds State Street Bank and Trust Company will pay over $88M to resolve US Securities and Exchange Commission charges accusing it of overcharging investment advisory clients, including mutual funds, for expenses related to its custody of client assets. 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