SEC Obtains Emergency Relief Against Long Island Investment Adviser and Firm Charged with Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former broker Surage Kamal Roshan Perera and his firm, Janues Capital Incorporated, with defrauding at least one investor out of millions by lying about investment opportunities and strategies,…

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SEC Charges Financial Adviser for Misappropriating More Than $1 Million From Current, Former NBA Players

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Darryl Matthew Cohen, a former investment adviser at a large financial institution, with misappropriating more than $1 million from three current and former NBA players over a period of two and a half…

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SEC Charges Three Sales Agents at StraightPath Venture Partners With Fraud and Unregistered Broker Activity

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Scott Hollender, Gabriel Migliano, Jr., and Frank Vecchio for selling interests in shares of pre-IPO companies on behalf of StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, despite not being registered broker-…

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SEC Charges Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun and his Companies for Fraud and Other Securities Law Violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his wholly-owned companies, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc. (formerly BitTorrent), for the…

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SEC Office of Municipal Securities Issues FAQs for Registration of Municipal Advisors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities today announced that it updated its Registration of Municipal Advisors Frequently Asked Questions webpage to add a section, entitled Completion of Form MA, Form MA-I, and Form…

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SEC Virtual Outreach Event Highlights Students on the Frontlines of Investor Protection

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will host a virtual event, entitled “Investor Advocacy Clinics: Students Fight for Investor Justice,” on Wednesday, March 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. The event will highlight the…

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SEC Charges Software Company Blackbaud Inc. for Misleading Disclosures About Ransomware Attack That Impacted Charitable Donors

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Blackbaud Inc., a South Carolina-based public company that provides donor data management software to non-profit organizations, agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges for making misleading…

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SEC Files Emergency Action Against Miami Investment Adviser BKCoin and Principal Kevin Kang for Orchestrating $100 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action in which it successfully obtained an asset freeze, appointment of a receiver, and other emergency relief against Miami-based investment adviser BKCoin Management LLC…

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SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 96 soliciting entities, three impersonators of genuine firms, and…

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SEC Charges Rio Tinto plc with Bribery Controls Failures

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against global mining and metals company, Rio Tinto plc, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a bribery scheme involving a consultant in Guinea. The…

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