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Former Advisor Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining Paycheck Protection Program Loans

Posted on August 31st, 2022 at 1:57 PM
Former Advisor Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining Paycheck Protection Program Loans

A former Florida-based advisor, Gregory Blotnick, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining at least $4.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the pandemic. 

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SEC Charges 18 Defendants in International Scheme to Manipulate Stocks

Posted on August 30th, 2022 at 11:34 AM
SEC Charges 18 Defendants in International Scheme to Manipulate Stocks

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged eighteen individual and entity defendants for their roles in orchestrating a scheme in which numerous online retail brokerage accounts were hacked and fraudulently used to buy microcap equities in an effort to manipulate stock prices and trading volumes.

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CFP Board Suspends Three Advisors

Posted on August 29th, 2022 at 1:26 PM
CFP Board Suspends Three Advisors

The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board of Standards has suspended three advisors from utilizing the CFP mark after two were charged with felonies and one faces civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 

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SEC Proposes Joint Amendments to Form PF

Posted on August 26th, 2022 at 2:00 PM
SEC Proposes Joint Amendments to Form PF

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is determining whether procced with joint amendments with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to Form FP, a reporting tool utilized by the SEC to protect retails investors and oversee systemic risk.

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SEC Charges Angel Oak Capital Advisors with Misleading Investors

Posted on August 25th, 2022 at 2:15 PM
SEC Charges Angel Oak Capital Advisors with Misleading Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Angel Oak Capital Advisors and its manager Ashish Negandhi for misleading investors regarding the firm’s fix-and-flip loan securitization’s delinquency rates. 

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FINRA Warns Member Firms of E-Signature Violations

Posted on August 24th, 2022 at 1:35 PM
FINRA Warns Member Firms of E-Signature Violations

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a regulatory notice warning financial advisor firms to closely monitor how advisors utilize third-party digital signature platforms amidst a spike in forgery and falsifications.

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Former Advisor Receives Nearly 22 Years in Prison Over Fake-Annuity Scheme

Posted on August 23rd, 2022 at 2:37 PM
Former Advisor Receives Nearly 22 Years in Prison Over Fake-Annuity Scheme

A former Ohio-based advisor has received a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted of misappropriating at least $9.3 million from clients.

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Wells Fargo and Former Advisor Ordered to Pay Customers In Churning Dispute

Posted on August 22nd, 2022 at 1:39 PM
Wells Fargo and Former Advisor Ordered to Pay Customers In Churning Dispute

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered Wells Fargo and a former advisor to pay a Pennsylvania couple at least $731,000 over a churning dispute that last nearly five years. 

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FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan Over Failure to Supervise a Former Advisor

Posted on August 19th, 2022 at 1:30 PM
FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan Over Failure to Supervise a Former Advisor

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined J.P. Morgan $200,000 for failing to reasonably supervise a former advisor who made several unsuitable trades in his wealthy grandmother’s account. 

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CFPB Investigates Goldman’s Credit Card Business

Posted on August 18th, 2022 at 1:04 PM
CFPB Investigates Goldman’s Credit Card Business

Goldman Sachs has announced that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating its credit card business. 

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