Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Barred Broker and His Company with Defrauding Older Americans

Defendant Promised Hefty Returns while Spending Investors’ Money on Luxury Goods August 17, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Global Business Development and Consulting Corp. (Global) and its owner, Anthony J. Mastroianni, Jr., in connection with a $1.2 million fraudulent promissory note scheme targeting older Americans. According […]

SEC Settles Charges with Quant Who Perpetrated Front-Running Scheme

August 17, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a final judgment against Sergei Polevikov, who worked as a quantitative analyst at two asset management firms, for perpetrating a front-running scheme that generated profits of approximately $8.5 million. The SEC also barred him from the securities industry. According […]

SEC Charges Former Eagle Bancorp CEO with Failing to Disclose Related Party Loans

August 17, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Eagle Bancorp, Inc., based in Bethesda, Maryland, and its former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Ronald D. Paul, with negligently making false and misleading statements about related party loans extended by the bank to Paul’s family trusts. […]