Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges California Company and Three Executives with Accounting Fraud

July 2, 2018/US SEC On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a California-based telecommunications equipment manufacturer, its Chief Financial Officer, Former Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Contract Fulfillment and Sales Operations for inflating reported revenues in the company’s Middle East, Africa, and Europe region in the […]

SEC Charges Attorney, Law Firm Business Manager With Illegal Sales of UBI Blockchain Internet Stock

July 2, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men alleged to have profited from illegal sales of stock of a company claiming to have a blockchain-related business. According to the SEC’s complaint, attorney T.J. Jesky and his law firm’s business affairs manager, Mark F. DeStefano, made […]

Gwarzo Collected Grants As SEC Commissioner, DG, Witness Tells Court

1/6/2018/SEC Hearing in the five-count charge bordering on fraud brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against Mounir Gwarzo, the suspended Director-General (DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was on Thursday adjourned to September 20 and 21, for further hearing. Adjournment of the […]