Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Real Estate Broker With FCPA Violations

September 7, 2018.US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled FCPA charges against a New Jersey real estate broker arising out of his attempt to bribe a foreign official while acting as a broker for Colliers International Group, Inc. According to the SEC’s order, Joohyun Bahn attempted to […]

SEC Obtains Judgments Against Former Chairman and Two Other Executives of Defunct Law Firm Dewey & Leboeuf

September 6, 2018/US SEC A federal district court entered judgments on consent on September 5 and 6, 2018 against former executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, Francis Canellas, Thomas Mullikin, and Steven H. Davis, in connection with their roles in a fraudulent $150 million bond offering undertaken by the now […]

SEC Charges Two Men With Fraud in Fake Trading Accounts Scheme

September 6, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two Michigan men with fraud for their roles in a fake accounts scheme perpetrated by a phony day-trading firm, Nonko Trading. The SEC alleges that Jeffrey Goldman of West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Christopher Eikenberry of Birmingham, Michigan, participated in and […]