Frauds & Scandals

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 […]

JPMorgan Admits to Widespread Record-Keeping Failures and Agrees to Pay $125 Million Penalty to Resolve SEC Charges

Firm also agrees to implement significant improvements to its compliance controls December 17, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a broker-dealer subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., for widespread and longstanding failures by the firm and its employees to maintain […]