June 4, 2021/Federal Ministry of Information The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the […]
Frauds & Scandals
SEC Charges Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents with Offering Fraud and Misappropriating Funds
June 2, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Kevin T. Carney, of Chagrin Falls, OH, Jonathan D. Freeze, of Pittsburgh, PA, and Robert J. Irey, of Pittsburgh, PA with defrauding investors and misappropriating investor funds in connection with a purported waste-to-energy business venture. The SEC’s complaint alleges that […]
SEC Awards More Than $23 Million to Whistleblowers
June 2, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $13 million and $10 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to successful SEC and related actions. The whistleblowers’ substantial assistance, provided to the SEC and another federal agency, included submitting information and documents, […]
