Frauds & Scandals

SEC Says Ruling on BGL Scheduled for Wednesday September 5 2018

September 3, 2018/SEC The Chief Magistrate court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja has fixed Wednesday September 5, 2018 for ruling on the various applications brought before it by BGL Plc and its subsidiaries. BGL Plc and her subsidiaries had filed 4 different applications against their trial.  These Applications centred on […]

SEC Charges Two Kentucky Men in Oil-And-Gas Offering Fraud

September 1, 2018/US SEC On August 30, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two Bowling Green, Kentucky-area men with defrauding investors in oil-and-gas securities offerings. The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, alleges that Scott Stacy Phelps and James Michael Harper raised approximately $611,000 by […]

SEC Charges Former Senior Executive At Silicon Valley Company with Insider Trading

August 31, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former Chief Commercial Officer of Redwood City, Calif.-based Qualys, Inc., a cloud security and services company, with insider trading by tipping his brothers in advance of the company’s announcement of poor financial results, thus helping them avoid losses […]