Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Former Attorney at U.S.-Based Global Law Firm with Insider Trading

Visiting attorney at the Washington, D.C. office of law firm used access to confidential client info to make illegal profits August 23, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Romero Cabral da Costa Neto for trading based on material, nonpublic information concerning a client […]

SEC Charges FinTech Investment Adviser Titan for Misrepresenting Hypothetical Performance of Investments and other Violations

These charges mark the first violation of the SEC’s amended marketing rule August 21, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC, a New York-based FinTech investment adviser, for using hypothetical performance metrics in advertisements that were misleading. The SEC also […]

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Recidivist in Offering Fraud

August 18, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freezes to stop an offering fraud allegedly perpetrated by Florida company PreIPO Corp., Boca Raton resident and serial recidivist, John A. Mattera, and West Palm […]