The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Monday, March 2, 2026
Introduction The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against Robert D. Christensen and Anthony M. Matic, along with their affiliated companies, for orchestrating a Ponzi-like scheme and defrauding investors who invested over $10 million in promissory notes. This article provides an overview of the case and highlights the […]
SEC Obtains Preliminary Injunction and Asset Freeze Against Legend Venture Partners Introduction In a significant development, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken decisive action against Legend Venture Partners LLC, an unregistered broker-dealer based in New York City. The SEC’s move comes in response to the discovery of a […]
Wilson Baston has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding investors through a Ponzi scheme. Learn more here. #securitiesfraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, against William K. Ichioka, a resident of New York, New York, for engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme. The complaint alleges that Ichioka targeted individual investors primarily in […]
Marcum LLP Faces SEC Charges for Audit Quality Control Failures In a significant development, audit firm Marcum LLP has come under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its systemic quality control failures and violations of audit standards. The charges are particularly related to its audit work for […]
The SEC has charged Sabby Management and its managing partner with fraud in a scheme involving misrepresentations and rule violations for short selling. Learn more here.
The SEC obtained an emergency order to halt an alleged ongoing offering fraud and Ponzi-like scheme by Integrated National Resources Inc. (INR), which does business as WeedGenics, and its owners, Rolf Max Hirschmann and Patrick Earl Williams. The SEC alleges that INR raised more than $60 million from investors to […]
He tried once before and was denied, but Elon Musk has asked a federal appeals court in New York to throw out his 2018 agreement with US regulators requiring a Tesla Inc. lawyer to screen all his company-related Twitter posts, calling it an illegal limitation on his free-speech rights. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer […]
On May 11, 2023, the SEC charged HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. for their employees’ longstanding and widespread failures to preserve and maintain electronic communications. To settle the charges, HSBC and Scotia admitted that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws and agreed […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged investment advisory firm Betterment LLC for material misstatements and omissions related to its automated tax loss harvesting service (TLH), failing to provide clients with notice of contract changes, and failing to maintain certain required books and records. Betterment agreed to pay a $9 million […]
