August 29, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Archipelago Trading Services Inc. (ATSI) for failing to file hundreds of legally required reports of suspicious financial transactions, known as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), between August 2012 and September 2020. The charges were related to transactions in […]
Frauds & Scandals
Ponzi: SEC Seals Offices of Stockmatch over Illegal Investment Activities
August 29, 2023/SEC Nigeria In a renewed onslaught against promoters of Ponzi schemes, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Tuesday, sealed the premises of Stockmatch Investments Ltd in Maiduguri, Borno State for allegedly engaging in illegal investment activities. According to the commission, the office of the company in Wulari Plaza […]
SEC Charges LA-Based Media and Entertainment Co. Impact Theory for Unregistered Offering of NFTs
August 28, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Impact Theory, LLC, a media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of purported non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Impact Theory raised approximately $30 million from hundreds of investors, […]
