Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Sapphire Glass Manufacturer and Former CEO With Fraud

May 3, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New Hampshire-based company and its former CEO with misleading investors about the company’s ability to supply “sapphire glass” for Apple’s iPhones. The company, GT Advanced Technologies Inc., also is found to have misclassified more than $300 million in […]

SEC Obtains Asset Freeze in Connection with Alleged Insider Trading

April 29, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the entry of an emergency court order freezing assets related to alleged insider trading that yielded approximately $2.5 million in profits in connection with the April 12, 2019 announcement that oil-and-gas conglomerate Chevron Corporation intended to acquire Anadarko Petroleum […]

SEC Announces Fraud Charges in Ticket Resale Investment Scam

  April 29, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York City man with continuing a previously charged scheme, stealing millions of dollars from investors who were allegedly falsely promised their funds would be used for the purchase and resale of tickets to Broadway shows and a […]