Frauds & Scandals

The Rise of Electronic Fraud in Nigeria

May 9, 2019 Culled—Page Financial Summary 17600 Nigerians lost N1.9 Billion to electronic fraudsters in 2018 and eighteen things you can do so as not to be a victim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum’s (NeFF) recent report, it claimed that in 2018, over 17,000 Nigerians were defrauded […]

SEC Charges Two Internal Auditors with Repeated Insider Trading

May 9, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against two internal auditors who repeatedly traded and tipped on confidential information that they obtained through their respective employers. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, alleges that […]

SEC Charges Nevada Man Who Traded on Confidential Information Taken From Lifelong Friend

May 7, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled insider trading charges against a Nevada man who obtained confidential information about a pending corporate merger from a lifelong friend and used it to generate more than $250,000 in illicit trading profits. According to the SEC’s complaint, while […]