Frauds & Scandals

Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Trump in hush-money scheme to influence election

21/8/2018/Chicago Tribune  By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays Associated Press Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model […]

SEC Charges Long-Island Based Cold-Caller and His Firm with Defrauding Investors Into Purchasing Penny Stock

August 21, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Eric P. Lesak, Global Research, LLC (PA) and Global Research, LLC (NY) with securities fraud in their promotion of the shares of penny stock company, Axiom Holdings, Inc. According to the complaint, between December 2015 and June 2017, the […]

SEC Charges Certified Public Accountant with Insider Trading

August 21, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Birmingham, Alabama-based certified public accountant with insider trading on confidential information about the impending merger of two potato chip manufacturers. The SEC alleges that A. Catlin Cade, IV misappropriated material nonpublic information concerning the merger of potato manufacturer Golden […]