Category: Securities Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Rewards for Blowing Whistle On Commodities Trading Fraud Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Whistleblower Alert On Spoofing Spoofing And Other Commodities Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) saw a 126% increase in whistleblower tips during 2020. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bribes And Other Corrupt Business Practices  Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Case $95 Million In Penalties And Disgorgement The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has seen a 126% increase in whistleblower tips during 2020. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. 111-203, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Offers Important Suggestions For Senior Investors Know The Investment Professional Or Salesman You Deal With Ask Questions And Never Be Rushed Into Decisions The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in recent years has focused considerable enforcement efforts on financial elder abuse and fraudulent investment schemes aimed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Adopts New Rules And Procedural Changes  Against A Backdrop Of Increasing Whistleblower Rewards Fiscal Year 2021 On Record-Breaking Pace For Whistleblower Rewards On November 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced several rule changes for whistleblower cases under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Oversees Options Trading CFTC Finds Broker Defrauded 25,000 Customers  Fines Broker Over $13.8 Million The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on October 13, 2020 rdered a broker to pay over $13.8 million[1] in restitution, disgorged profits and civil penalties as the result of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices Bitcoin Trading Enforcement Action Charges Broker With False Representations  Customers Lose $7.4 Million In Bitcoin Investments On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a broker to pay $7.4 million[1] in restitution to two investors for making fraudulent representations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New SEC Rules Favor Whistleblowers Over $500 Million Has Been Rewarded To Whistleblowers Whistleblowers Help SEC Recover Over $2.5 Billion Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced several rule changes expanding the rewards rules for persons who blow the whistle to the SEC on securities fraud.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Massive Order Hundreds Of Thousands Of Illegal Trades In Precious Metals And Futures Insiders Rewarded For Assisting Enforcement On September 29, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a massive $920 million settlement of a case[1] involving hundreds of thousands of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Pursues Elder Abuse Charges Against Advisor Unauthorized Trades And Falsified Documents Betraying Trust Of Older Client The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) polices the financial markets to protect investors from fraud. The SEC’s Retail Strategy Task Force has especially focused on fraud against older investors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes CFTC Awards Climbing The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in futures, options, foreign currency, virtual currency and commodities like gold or other precious […]