Frauds & Scandals

FBN Holdings Files Appeal Against FHC Decision to Grant an Ex-parte Order to Proceed with AGM as Scheduled

August 15, 2023/NGX In accordance with Nigerian Exchange Limited (Rulebook), and further to our announcement on August 10, 2023, that the Company was yet to be served with any Court Order, we hereby notify the Public and our Stakeholders that FBN Holdings Plc (‘the Company”) was served with an ex […]

SEC Charges UK Audit Firm, CEO, and Senior Auditor for Failures in Connection with De-SPAC Transaction

August 14, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Crowe U.K. LLP, a London based audit firm, its CEO, Nigel Bostock, and senior auditor, Matthew Stallabrass, for the firm’s deficient audit of music streaming company Akazoo Limited. Crowe U.K., Bostock, and Stallabrass have agreed to settle the SEC’s […]

SEC Charges 11 Wall Street Firms with Widespread Recordkeeping Failures

Firms admit to wrongdoing and agree to pay penalties totaling $289 million August 8, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against 10 firms in their capacity as broker-dealers and one dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their […]