Frauds & Scandals

SEC Issues $6 Million Award to Five Whistleblowers

April 25, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a total award of $6 million to two groups of whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in a single covered action. The first group of whistleblowers provided the SEC with key documents that led the staff to request additional […]

SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors

April 25, 2022/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 58 soliciting entities, 11 impersonators of genuine firms, and one bogus regulator. The SEC’s list of soliciting entities that have been […]

Former Domino’s Pizza Accountant to Pay Nearly $2 Million Penalty for Insider Trading

April 22, 2022/US SEC On April 19, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment requiring a Michigan-based former accountant at Domino’s Pizza Inc. to pay a penalty of nearly $2 million for insider trading in the company’s stock. The SEC’s complaint, filed April 13, 2022 in the […]