Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Cousins for Insider Trading in Kodak Stock Ahead of Company’s Planned Govt. Partnership to Assist in Response to COVID-19

February 24, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Andrew Stiles for insider trading in the stocks of Eastman Kodak Company and Novavax Inc. based on nonpublic information related to both companies’ planned government partnerships to assist in the fight against COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic. […]

SEC Charges Ozy Media and its CEO Carlos Watson with Widespread Scheme to Defraud Investors

Former COO and chief of staff also charged in $50 million fraud February 24, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged media and entertainment company Ozy Media Inc., its CEO Carlos R. Watson, Jr., its former COO Samir Rao, and its former Chief of Staff Suzee Han with […]

SEC Charges Former Private Equity Firm Consultant and Close Friend with Insider Trading

February 23, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Kevin Van de Grift and Gil Friedman with insider trading ahead of the April 9, 2018 public announcement that private equity firm Francisco Partners Management, L.P. agreed to acquire payment systems company Verifone Systems, Inc. According to the SEC’s […]