Skip to main content

Free Consultation:

(800) 382-7969

Blog

JP Morgan charged in connection with RMBS offerings

In coordination with the federal-state Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, the Securities and Exchange Commission today charged J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and affiliated entities with misleading investors in offerings of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The firm agreed to a settlement in which it will pay $296.9 million. The SEC plans to distribute the money to […]

FINRA opens arbitration to RIA’s

InvestmentNews reports a significant development in the financial industry: the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) has now opened its arbitration system to registered investment advisers (RIAs). This move marks a notable expansion of FINRA’s arbitration services, which have traditionally been utilized for resolving investor or industry complaints involving securities firms and broker-dealers. The announcement […]

Ex-Stanford investment chief sentenced to 3 years

Laura Holt the former chief investment officer for Standford Financial Group was sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme at the company. Pendergest Holt, 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Hittner in Houston. She was the third-highest- ranking executive in the financial […]

SEC v. ICP Asset Management LLC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based investment advisory firm ICP Asset Management and its founder and president Thomas C. Priore have agreed to settle the agency’s charges that they defrauded several collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) they managed. ICP, Priore, and related entities have agreed to a final judgment ordering them to […]

SEC charges real estate company and its principals

On July 6, 2012 the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a Complaint in federal district court against The Companies (TC), LLC (“The Companies”) and its principals, Kristoffer A. Krohn (“Kris Krohn”), Stephen R. Earl (“Earl”), and former officer, Michael K. Krohn (“Mike Krohn”) (collectively “Defendants”). The Companies, directly and through related companies and subsidiaries, purchases […]