Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges “Whale Whisperer” Musician, Companies for Defrauding Investors in Fraudulent “Soundwave” Investment Offerings

June 5, 2018 By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday announced fraud charges against musician Paul Gilman and his companies, alleging that nearly all of the money they raised in securities offerings went to fund Gilman’s lavish personal spending in Las Vegas and […]

ICPC arraigns suspended SEC boss, Gwarzo, today

June 5, 2018/Punch Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission will on Tuesday (today), arraign the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mounir Gwarzo, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama. He will be arraigned on three charges bordering on […]

SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Two Former Managers for Misleading Retail Clients

June 4, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based investment adviser deVere USA, Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million civil penalty related to its failure to disclose conflicts of interest to its retail clients. The settlement will result in the establishment of a […]