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The Securities and Exchange Commission today settled civil fraud charges against Amnon Landan, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mercury Interactive, LLC (Mercury), and Douglas Smith, a former Chief Financial Officer of Mercury, arising from an alleged scheme to backdate stock option grants and from other alleged misconduct. On May 31, 2007, the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and an asset freeze against an individual living in Illinois and two companies behind an investment scheme defrauding foreign investors seeking profitable returns and a legal path to U.S. residency through a federal visa program. The SEC alleges that Anshoo R. Sethi created A Chicago Convention Center […]
Beverly Hills based securities lawyers have launched an extensive investigation into the sales practices of LPL Financial, LLC regarding the recommendation of non-traded REITs to their clients. This investigation is critical as it follows a recently filed complaint by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Securities Division, which delves into similar non-traded REIT sales practices. The Massachusetts […]
A sole UBS trader used a combination of bribery, flattery and fictitious trading to rig the price of money over three years, regulatory filings show. The employee, only identified by regulators as “Trader A,” colluded with brokers, counterparts at other firms and his colleagues to influence yen Libor, which reflects how much banks charge each for […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on November 30, 2012, Timothy S. Durham, former CEO of Ohio-based Fair Finance Company (“Fair Finance”), was sentenced to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a $200 million scheme that defrauded more than 5,000 investors over almost five years. This extensive fraud devastated the lives of countless individuals […]