Frauds & Scandals

SEC Moves Quickly To Shut Down Fake Pre-IPO Share Scam

17/5/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the unsealing of fraud charges against a defendant who stole at least $400,000 from investors through the sale of non-existent pre-IPO shares of stock. The SEC also obtained emergency relief, including an asset freeze and a temporary restraining order to halt […]

Online Crimes – Nigerian Confraternities Emerge As Business E-Mail Compromise Threat

Culled—Proshare 16/5/2018/Crowdstrike Global Intelligence Team Business email compromise (BEC) is a form of fraud by which a team of cybercriminals convince victims to wire large amounts of funds or send valuable data to criminally controlled accounts; it is facilitated by the victim’s belief that they are actually being asked or […]

SEC Charges Three Former Healthcare Executives With Fraud

May 16, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against three former Constellation Healthcare Technologies Inc. executives who falsified financial and other information they provided to a private firm in the course of negotiating the private firm’s acquisition of a majority stake in Constellation. Houston-based Constellation […]