The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed 434 new enforcement actions in fiscal year 2021, representing a 7 percent increase over the prior year. Seventy percent of these new or “stand-alone” actions involved at least one… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
Enforcement
McKinsey Affiliate to Pay $18 Million for Compliance Failures in Handling of Nonpublic Information
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an affiliate of McKinsey & Company that offers investment options exclusively to current and former McKinsey partners and employees has agreed to pay an $18 million penalty for compliance… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]
Advisor Charged With Targeting Elderly Clients In $8M Fraud
An investment advisor based in New York and Santa Fe, N.M., has been charged with swindling dozens of clients out of more than $8 million by recommending investments in a fund he controlled and then transferring the assets out to pay for personal expenses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
Netflix Insider Trading Ring
You cannot trade on material, non-public information, and that includes non-public information concerning the growth in your employer’s subscriber base or information contained in unpublished earnings releases. And if you do, you will undoubtedly be caught, and subjected to some very harsh penalties. Fines, a return of three times the […]
SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Associated Individuals with Causing Violations of Regulation SHO
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Murchinson Ltd.; its principal, Marc Bistricer; and its trader, Paul Zogala (the respondents), for providing erroneous order-marking information that caused executing brokers… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. The […]
Penny Stock Company, CEO Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
The SEC announced it charged an issuer, its CEO, and six other entities and individuals with participating in a penny stock fraud scheme. The SEC also charged certain of the participants with operating as unregistered dealers, and obtained emergency relief to halt their ongoing conduct. According to the SEC’s complaint, […]
SEC Charges Pearson plc for Misleading Investors About Cyber Breach
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Pearson plc, a London-based public company that provides educational publishing and other services to schools and universities, agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Two Florida Companies and their Principal Officer with Operating a Ponzi Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order, an asset freeze, and the appointment of a receiver to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme and misappropriation of investor… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah […]
SEC Obtains Court Order to Stop Investment Adviser’s Alleged Ongoing Offering Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of an emergency action against Martin A. Ruiz of New York, and two entities he controls, Carter Bain Wealth Management, LLC (Carter Bain) and RAM Fund, LP (RAM). Shortly after filing the… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law […]
FINRA Reverses Hearing Panel Decision and Dismisses Complaint against Sallah Astarita & Cox client.
In an unusual reversal and dismissal, Mark Astarita of Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC obtained a full reversal of a Hearing Panel decision in an enforcement proceeding that barred his client for life and ordered him to pay $250,000 in restitution, plus 6 years of interest. The case, which was […]
