Frauds & Scandals

OPAN Calls For Immediate Release Of Journalist Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe

July 13, 2022/OPAN The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN), the flagship organization for digital news publishers demands the immediate release of the publisher of 247ureports.com, Mr Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe who was picked up by the Nigerian police at the FCT-Abuja on the morning of July 5, 2021 over an […]

SEC Charges Washington, D.C. Investor with Insider Trading

July 7, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged private investor George W. Haywood with insider trading in connection with his selling shares of Neurotrope, Inc. (NTRP) based on material, nonpublic information he received about NTRP’s impending registered direct offering of shares. The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal […]

SEC Obtains Judgments Against Three Individuals for Participating in Multi-Million Dollar International Fraud Scheme

July 6, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission announced judgments against three defendants charged with participating in a fraudulent scheme to sell shares of microcap company Aureus Inc. The defendants’ scheme involving Aureus generated over $5 million in fraudulent trading proceeds. The final judgment against Amar Bahadoorsingh, last of […]