Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Silver Edge Financial and Equity Acquisition Company with Unregistered Broker-Dealer Activity Relating to Pre-IPO Funds

Order finds entities, principals, and salespeople violated broker-dealer registration requirements March 3, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Silver Edge Financial LLC, Equity Acquisition Company Ltd. (EAC), the owners of both companies, and sales staff of Silver Edge Financial with unregistered broker-dealer activity relating to their sales […]

SEC Charges Global Transportation Company Greenbrier and Former CEO for Failing to Disclose Perks and Payments

March 2, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Oregon-based freight transportation supply company, The Greenbrier Companies Inc., and its founder and former CEO and Chairman, William A. Furman, for failing to disclose perks provided to Furman and other Greenbrier executives and compensation Furman received […]

SEC Charges Nishad Singh with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX

February 28, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Nishad Singh, the former Co-Lead Engineer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), for his role in a multiyear scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX, the crypto trading platform started by Singh along with Samuel Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang. Investigations […]