Frauds & Scandals

-17 States Still Owe Pensions, Salaries Despite Several Bailouts

October 8, 2018/BudgIT BudgIT, worried that some states are yet to fully offset the outstanding amount owed pensioners and civil servants despite series of bailouts aimed at offsetting the liabilities, recently conducted a survey. The survey aimed at ascertaining the frequency and magnitude of challenges civil servants and pensioners are […]

Court Enters Judgment Against Connecticut Defendant in SEC Insider Trading Case

5/10/2018/US SEC On October 5, 2018, the federal district court in Connecticut entered a final judgment against Katherine Hanratty, a resident of Watertown, Connecticut, to settle allegations that she was engaged in insider trading in the stock of a New Jersey-based payment processing company. According to the SEC’s complaint, filed […]

SEC Charges Real Estate Developer With Fraud in Project Tied to New Commuter Rail Station

October 5, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Virginia real estate developer with skimming investor funds that were intended for use in purchasing an office building near the site of a planned commuter rail station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Silver Line.  The complaint […]