Frauds & Scandals

SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $37 Million

July 26, 2026/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The whistleblower persisted in reporting the misconduct internally, which led the employer to conduct its own investigation and […]

SEC Charges Virginia Engineer with Orchestrating $30 Million Offering Fraud

July 25, 2024/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Babu Ramaraj, a resident of Aldie, Virginia, with defrauding over 70 investors of approximately $31 million through his company, DAB Inspection and Consulting Services LLC. The SEC’s complaint alleges that, from February 2019 through May 2024, Ramaraj solicited and […]

Dangote, NNPC Spat: Shareholders Condemn Demarketing of Dangote Refinery

July 24, 2024/Dangote Group   Shareholders have strongly defended Africa’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote over the on-going petroleum product supply controversies, while criticising the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, for deliberate attempt at demarketing Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals. The […]