December 18, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced whistleblower awards in connection with three separate enforcement actions totaling over $3.6 million. In the first order, the SEC awarded a whistleblower over $1.8 million for providing significant information about a fraudulent scheme. The whistleblower took immediate steps to […]
Frauds & Scandals
SEC Charges Biotech Company and CEO With Fraud Concerning COVID-19 Blood Testing Device
December 18, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against California-based biotechnology company Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its CEO, Keith Berman, with making false and misleading claims in numerous press releases that the company had developed a working, break-through technology that could accurately detect Covid-19 through a […]
SEC Charges Former Day Trader with Market Manipulation Scheme
December 18, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Barton S. Ross for his role in a market manipulation scheme in which he and several other individuals created false rumors about public companies in order to profitably trade around the temporary price increases caused by the […]
