The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Sunday, September 21, 2025
The SEC has charged Darryl Matthew Cohen, a former investment advisor 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 years. The SEC’s press release, for an unexplained reason, did not identify the […]
The SEC has charged Justin Sun, a prominent crypto asset entrepreneur, and his wholly-owned companies, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc. (formerly BitTorrent), for the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT). In addition, Sun and his companies have been charged […]
The SEC has charged exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo and his financial advisor, William Je, for their involvement in unregistered and fraudulent offerings that raised more than $850 million. The charges include misappropriation of funds, violations of registration provisions of securities laws, and material misrepresentations to prospective investors. Misappropriation of […]
March 16, 2-23 – The SEC has charged American Patriot Brands Inc. (APB), a cannabis cultivation and distribution company, its CEO, Robert Y. Lee, and five other entities and individuals for participating in a long-running scheme. The scheme involved raising over $30 million from more than 100 investors across the […]
Blackbaud Inc., a South Carolina-based public company that provides donor data management software to non-profit organizations, has agreed to pay a $3 million civil penalty to settle charges over misleading disclosures about a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers. The SEC announced the settlement on March 9, […]
Rio Tinto, a global mining and metals company, has agreed to pay a $15 million civil penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The violation is related to a bribery scheme involving a consultant in Guinea. The Hiring of a Consultant […]
On March 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Silver Edge Financial LLC, Equity Acquisition Company Ltd. (EAC), their owners, and sales staff with unregistered broker-dealer activity related to their sales of interests in shares of various pre-IPO companies. In this article, we will discuss the details of […]
The SEC announced on March 2, 2023, that The Greenbrier Companies Inc. and its founder and former CEO and Chairman, William A. Furman, settled charges for failing to disclose perks provided to Furman and other Greenbrier executives, as well as compensation Furman received from Greenbrier’s charters of his private plane […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Nishad Singh, the former Co-Lead Engineer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), for his involvement in a multiyear scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX, a crypto trading platform that Singh co-founded with Samuel Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang. The scheme allegedly involved diverting […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged media and entertainment company Ozy Media Inc. and its executives with defrauding investors of approximately $50 million through misrepresentations regarding the company’s financial condition, business relationships, and fundraising efforts. The CEO of Ozy Media, Carlos R. Watson, Jr., the former COO Samir Rao, […]
