Securities Law

SEC Charges 11 Wall Street Firms with Widespread Recordkeeping Failures

August 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against 10 firms in their capacity as broker-dealers and one dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees… Full report at: Read More

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Fund Administrator Charged For Missing Red Flags

August 7, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Theorem Fund Services LLC (TFS), a fund administrator based in Boca Raton, Florida, for failing to respond to red flags relating to a fraud against a private fund and its… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Awards More Than $104 Million to Seven Whistleblowers

August 4, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $104 million to seven individuals whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action and related actions brought by another agency. Today’s combined award… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Utah-Based Company’s Crypto Asset Fraud Scheme Involving 18 Defendants

August 3, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Digital Licensing Inc., a Draper, Utah based entity doing business as “DEBT Box,” as well as the… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Florida Investment Adviser a Second Time for Insider Trading

August 2, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Charles Rustin Holzer, a family office executive and former broker who last year settled SEC charges that he traded in options of Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (DNB) on… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges New Jersey-Based ETF Manager for Fraudulent Conduct and Bars Founder

August 1, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Masucci and entities he founded and controls with disadvantaging an exchange traded fund (ETF) they managed and misleading the ETF’s trustees to obtain $20 million in rescue financing to avoid a… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Hex Founder Richard Heart with Misappropriating Millions of Dollars of Investor Funds from Unregistered Crypto Asset Securities Offerings that Raised more than $1 Billion

July 31, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Richard Heart (aka Richard Schueler) and three unincorporated entities that he controls, Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX, with conducting unregistered offerings of crypto asset securities that raised more… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Florida Resident with Operating $35 Million Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Church Members

July 27, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Brent Seaman of Naples, Florida, and various entities he managed for fraudulently raising approximately $35 million from at least 60 investors through an unregistered securities offering. Many of these… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Proposes Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet

July 26, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to the rule permitting certain investment advisers that provide investment advisory services through the internet to register with the Commission. The proposed amendments generally would… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Proposes New Requirements to Address Risks to Investors From Conflicts of Interest Associated With the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

July 26, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed new rules that would require broker-dealers and investment advisers (collectively, “firms”) to take certain steps to address conflicts of interest associated with their use of predictive data… Full report at: Read More

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