Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges CBRE, Inc. with Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule

September 19, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against CBRE, Inc. (CBRE), a Dallas-based commercial real estate services and investment firm and subsidiary of publicly traded CBRE Group, Inc., for using an employee release that violated the SEC’s whistleblower protection rule. According to the SEC’s […]

SEC Charges Lyft with Failure to Disclose Board Member’s Financial Interest in Private Shareholder’s Pre-IPO Stock Transaction

September 18, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Lyft Inc. for failing to disclose a company board director’s role in a shareholder’s sale of approximately $424 million worth of private shares of Lyft’s stock prior to the company’s initial public offering (IPO). According to the SEC’s order, […]

SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors

September 15, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 29 soliciting entities, three impersonators of genuine firms, and one bogus regulator. The SEC’s list of soliciting entities that have been […]