Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Husband and Wife in Insider Trading Scheme

May 5, 2020/US SEC On May 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged husband and wife Zhuobin (“Ben”) Hong and Caixia Jiang in a multi-million dollar insider trading scheme involving the securities of Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in California, Hong […]

SEC Settles with Former Top Finance Executives of Oil and Gas Company

May 5, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Todd H. Takeyasu and Jeffery A. Curran, respectively the former CFO and former vice president of accounting and reporting of a Canadian public oil and gas company, agreed to settle charges arising from an accounting fraud at the […]

SEC Awards Almost $2 Million to Whistleblower

May 4, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of nearly $2 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance helped the agency bring a successful enforcement action and allowed investors to recover much of their money.   “The whistleblower’s information and assistance helped the SEC stop […]