A former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager was convicted Thursday of helping his company earn more than a quarter of a billion dollars illegally through trades based on secrets about the testing of a potential breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug. A federal jury in Manhattan found Mathew Martoma, 39, guilty on all […]
Frauds & Scandals
Nigeria oil money: ‘$20bn not missing’
Nigeria’s state oil firm has denied an allegation by the central bank chief that it has failed to account for at least $20bn (£12.2bn) of oil revenues. Lamido Sanusi told a senate committee on Tuesday that out of $67bn of oil sold between January 2012 and July 2013, $20bn was […]
Wonder Bank: SEC Seals-Off 32 State Offices of New Nation
By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday announced it has sealed off 32 offices of New Nation a wonder bank. SEC in a Statement by Yakubu Olaleye, head of media and made available to InvestAdvocate in Lagos Nigeria said in an unprecedented clampdown, the commission […]
