Frauds & Scandals

SEC Awards More Than $37 Million to a Whistleblower

July17, 2024/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower who provided information not previously known to the SEC and which significantly contributed to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower also met with Enforcement staff and identified potential witnesses and […]

SEC Charges Additional Defendant in Connection with $38 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme to Defraud Investors

July 15, 2024/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an Amended Complaint adding Shlomo Erez, a citizen of Israel, as a defendant in its previously filed action alleging a multi-million-dollar Ponzi-like fraud scheme, which involves raising money from investors to fund purported deals to purchase, distribute, and sell in-demand healthcare […]

Dangote Accuses IOCs of Plotting for Its Oil Refinery to Fail

… laments as Regulator (NMDPRA) continues to grant licences to import banned dirty diesel, jet fuel June 23, 2024/Dangote Group Vice President, Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Devakumar Edwin, has accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of doing everything to frustrate the survival of Dangote Oil […]