Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Private Equity Fund Adviser with Fee and Expense Disclosure Failures

December 20, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged registered investment adviser Global Infrastructure Management, LLC for failing to properly offset management fees and for making misleading statements about the fees and expenses it charged. Global agreed to pay a $4.5 million penalty to settle the SEC charges […]

SEC Charges Five Russians in $80 Million Hacking and Trading Scheme

December 20, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against five Russian nationals for engaging in a multi-year scheme to profit from stolen corporate earnings announcements obtained by hacking into the systems of two U.S.-based filing agent companies before the announcements were made public. The filing […]

SEC Charges Clinical Drug Trial Investigator with Insider Trading

December 20, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Daniel V.T. Catenacci for insider trading in the securities of biotechnology company Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. in advance of the company’s November 10, 2020 announcement that it had achieved positive drug trial results for its flagship cancer […]