Frauds & Scandals

Dangote: Report illegal haulage

  May 10, 2020/Dangote Group The management of Dangote Industries Limited wishes to solicit the assistance of the general public in the fight to rid the organisation of illegal haulage activities being perpetrated by some unscrupulous persons. If you have seen any Dangote truck hauling non-Dangote products anywhere across the […]

SEC Charges Bloomberg Tradebook for Order Routing Misrepresentations

May 6, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against registered broker-dealer Bloomberg Tradebook LLC for making material misrepresentations and omitting material facts about how the firm handled certain customer trade orders. The SEC’s order finds that Tradebook routed certain customer orders – primarily orders entered […]

SEC Files Charges in International Ponzi Scheme

May 6, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged United Kingdom citizen and purported French resident Damon Elliott and his entity Piptastic Limited in connection with a Ponzi scheme, alleging that they fraudulently raised and then misappropriated more than $9 million from at least 80 investors, including at […]