Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges California Attorney for Role in $910 Million Ponzi Scheme

September 30, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Ari J. Lauer, an attorney for DC Solar Solutions, Inc. and DC Solar Distribution, Inc. (together “DC Solar”), for his role in a multi-year alternative energy tax credit Ponzi scheme run by the two California-based companies. According […]

SEC Files Charges in a Crypto Asset Pump-And-Dump Scheme

September 30, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Arbitrade Ltd., a Bermudan company, and Cryptobontix Inc., a Canadian company, and their principals, Troy R. J. Hogg, James L. Goldberg, and Stephen L. Braverman, and a so-called international gold trader, Max W. Barber, for perpetrating an […]

SEC Charges Two Canadian Software Engineers with Insider Trading

September 30, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against two Canadian software engineers who made $1.6 million by trading ahead of non-public, market-moving financial information. According to the SEC’s complaint, from at least May 2018 to July 2021, Harpreet Saini and John Lester Mandac […]