Frauds & Scandals

Dubai Sues China’s Merchants Port

November 5, 2018 By Paul Nyakazeya The Financial Gazette Newswire UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) DP World Limited and its subsidiaries has taken legal action against China for building an international free zone on a terminal being disputed with Djibouti. The lawsuit was filed in the High Court of Hong Kong […]

SEC Adopts Rules That Increase Information Brokers Must Provide to Investors on Order Handling

2/11/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to adopt amendments that will require broker-dealers to disclose to investors new and enhanced information about the way they handle investors’ orders.   “In the eighteen years since the Commission originally adopted its order handling and routing disclosure rules, technology […]

Online Marketers Charged with Conning Main Street Investors Through Rags-To-Riches Infomercials

2/11/2018/US SEC On September 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a group of internet marketers who allegedly created and disseminated elaborate rags-to-riches videos to trick retirees and other retail investors into opening brokerage accounts and trading high-risk securities known as binary options. According to the SEC’s complaints, investors […]