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SEC Charges Real Estate Developer with Fraud

October 13th, 2022 at 12:57 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Texas-based real estate developer and two other individuals for operating a fraudulent real estate investment offering that generated at least $26 million from nearly 100 investors. 
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SEC Bars Merrill Manager For Defrauding Client

October 12th, 2022 at 3:46 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has barred an Annapolis, Maryland-based Merrill Lynch managed for defrauding a client from 2016 to 2020. 
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SEC Fines Raymond James $500,000 Over Supervisory Failures

October 11th, 2022 at 2:04 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a $500,000 fine on Raymond James over its alleged supervisory failures related to a former Tennessee-based advisor. 
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SEC Charges Former Business News Commentator with Misappropriation of Client Funds

October 10th, 2022 at 2:59 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged James McDonald and his financial advisory firm, Hercules Investments, in connection with two fraudulent securities offerings. 
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SEC Charges Chicago Advisor Who Allegedly Misappropriated $683,000 of Investor Funds

October 7th, 2022 at 1:08 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Chicago-based advisor who allegedly misappropriated $683,000 of investor funds. 
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Waddell & Reed Ordered to Pay $776,000 Over Reverse Churning

October 6th, 2022 at 2:48 PM
Waddell & Reed has agreed to pay nearly $776,000 to settle charges of misconduct over one of its wrap fee programs, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 
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Sparkster Ordered to Pay $35 Million Over Unregistered Crypto Asset Offering

October 5th, 2022 at 1:06 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against Sparkster and its CEO, Sajjad Daya, over an unregistered crypto asset offering that spanned from April 2018 through July 2018.
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Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Pleads Guilty to $7 Million Ponzi Scheme

October 4th, 2022 at 1:06 PM
A former North Carolina-based Morgan Stanley advisor has pleaded guilty to two felony counts in connection with a Ponzi scheme he operated.
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SEC Charges Real Estate Investment Firm and Owner Over $100 Million Fraud

October 3rd, 2022 at 1:29 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Secured Income Group, Inc. along with its owner, Max McDermott, and its head investor relations representative, Stacey Porter, with fraud in a securities offering. 
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SEC Charges Unregistered Crypto Assets Advisor and Owner With Fraud

September 30th, 2022 at 11:09 AM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Chicago Crypto Capital along with its owner, Brian Amoah, and two former salesman, Darcas Young and Elbert Elliot, for allegedly defrauding investors in connection with an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities.
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