Frauds & Scandals

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 […]

Stanbic IBTC Says CBN Debits Account in Respect of N1.886 Billion Fine

September 6, 2018/NSE Following our earlier announcement to The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”) on 30 August 2018, in respect of the penalty of N1.886 billion imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) on our banking subsidiary – Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC (the “Bank”) in relation to the remittance of […]