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New Jersey Real Estate Development Firm and Four Executives Charged With $600 Million Ponzi-like Fraud

Oct. 13, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) and four of its former executives with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised approximately $600 million from about 2,000 investors.  The Complaint’s Allegations The SEC’s complaint alleges that beginning in 2018, […]

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VMware Settles SEC Charges with $8 Million Penalty for Obscuring Financial Performance

Sept. 12, 2022 —The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged VMware Inc. for misleading investors about its order backlog management practices, which enabled the Palo Alto, California-based technology company to push revenue into future quarters by delaying product deliveries to customers, concealing the company’s slowing performance relative to its projections. […]

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SEC Charges Hudson Advisors and Lone Star Global for Failing to Disclose that Fund Fees Included More Than $50 Million of Owner’s Income Tax Liability

Here is a new one. The SEC announced the settlement of charges it brought against registered investment advisers Hudson Advisors L.P. and Lone Star Global Acquisitions Ltd. for including Hudson’s owner’s anticipated income tax liability as a component of certain fees charged to 14 private equity funds they managed.  Yes, they […]