Frauds & Scandals

SEC Obtains Judgments against Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders

April 23, 2018/US SEC On April 18, 2018, a federal court entered judgments against former Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP executives Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders in an SEC enforcement action arising from their roles in a fraudulent $150 million bond offering. In 2014, the SEC filed suit against DiCarmine, Sanders, […]

British Finance Expert To Sue Facebook For Scam Cryptocurrency Ads

Culled—-Proshare April 24, 2018/By Ana Alexandre for Cointelegraph  Martin Lewis, an English finance journalist and money-saving expert, is set to issue High Court proceedings against Facebook Monday April 23, accusing the social network of defamation related to deceptive cryptocurrency advertisements, according to Lewis’s blog post on April 20. Lewis will launch legal action against […]

SEC Obtains Judgment Against Investment Adviser for Defrauding Clients

23/4/2018/US SEC A federal district court entered a judgment on April 13, 2018 against Scott Newsholme, a New Jersey-based tax preparer and investment adviser for defrauding his clients of more than $1 million to support his lifestyle and gambling habit. In its complaint, filed on September 6, 2017 in federal […]