Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges U.S. Promoters of $2 Billion Global Crypto Lending Securities Offering

May 28, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed an action against five individuals alleging that they promoted a global unregistered digital asset securities offering that raised over $2 billion from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in the United States District […]

SEC Charges Company and Controlling Shareholder with Securities Fraud

May 28, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged RenovaCare, Inc., a development stage company headquartered in New Jersey, and its controlling shareholder, Harmel S. Rayat, with securities fraud for intentionally concealing Rayat and the company’s role in promotional activities, including by drafting and issuing a press release that […]

SEC Charges Mutual Fund Executives with Misleading Investors Regarding Investment Risks in Funds that Suffered $1 Billion Trading Loss

May 27, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil action alleging that investment advisers LJM Funds Management Ltd. and LJM Partners Ltd. and their portfolio managers, Anthony Caine and Anish Parvataneni, fraudulently misled investors and the board of directors of a fund they advised about LJM’s risk management […]