
SEC: Limits Needed in Elder Fraud Prevention Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advocate, Rick Fleming, stated in his Financial Year 2015 Report that while financial firms should have the ability pause outgoing ...

SEC Slaps Conn. Investment Firm With Fraud Charges For Undisclosed Conflict of Interest
Atlantic Asset Management (AAM), an investment-based advisory firm, is accused of investing some clients in bonds that benefited a broker-dealer connected with the firm. The U.S. Securities ...

Some Banks Adopt New Measures to Protect the Elderly
As a generation of aging Americans faces newfound risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, some banks and credit unions are implementing new measures to prevent fraud-related elder ...

Texas Attorney General Indicted on Securities Fraud Charges
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is supposed to enforce the law, but now has been accused of breaking the law. Paxton has been charged with securities fraud.
Paxton attracted investors ...

Martin Shkreli Charged with Securities Fraud [Full Indictment Inside]
Controversial pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has been charged with securities fraud. Shkreli has previously made headlines for raising the prices of life-saving drugs to ...

SEC Charges Soccer Club Owner with Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange has stopped a British con artist. The SEC has charged a Florida-based British soccer club owner with fraud for scamming investors.
Thomas Anthony Guerriero, ...

Victims of Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme to Receive Shares of $1.2 Billion
Although Bernard Madoff was convicted in 2008, victims of his $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme are still receiving recovered funds. With the upcoming distribution, retirees, charities, investment ...

SEC Investor Advocate Wants More Protection for Elderly Investors
Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advocate Rick Fleming wants to protect elderly investors from fraud. Fleming wants the SEC to have a rule protecting elderly investors ...

Texas Man to Repay $ 8 Million for Oil Scam
A Texas man must repay investors $8.8 million for his role in an oil and gas investment scam. Brian Polito was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the fraud.
Polito ...