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Watch Out for this Venmo Scam
You notice a deposit to your Venmo account that you do not know. Shortly thereafter you get a message from someone you do not know, claiming that the deposit was made by accident, and could you please send it back? Being the kind person that you are, you send it […]
SEC Charges Issuer and CEO With Misrepresenting Platform Technology in Fraudulent ICO
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Virginia-based Boon.Tech and its chief executive officer Rajesh Pavithran for fraud and registration violations in connection with a $5 million initial coin offering (ICO) of digital asset securities. According to the SEC’s order, from November 2017 to January 2018, Boon.Tech and […]
FINRA Postpones All Arbitrations
FINRA has decided to administratively postpone all in-person arbitration and mediation proceedings scheduled through May 1, 2020. If you have an in-person hearing or mediation session that is postponed as a result of this decision, you will be contacted by FINRA staff to reschedule or discuss remote scheduling options. Please […]
New SEC Whistleblower Awards
The SEC whistleblower program has generated significant awards to individuals who provide original information that leads to successful SEC enforcement actions with total monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. The program has resulted in more than $2 billion in financial penalties, and awards in excess of $300 million. The SEC just […]
$63 Million for Investors in Real Estate Investment Fraud
Robert C. Morgan, a New York residential and commercial real estate developer, and two of his entities, Morgan Mezzanine Fund Manager LLC and Morgan Acquisitions LLC, engaged in a fraudulent real estate investment scheme. As alleged, Morgan financed his real estate development projects through, among other ways, the sales of […]
Securities Attorney
Mark J. Astarita is nationally recognized security lawyer, admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in the States of New York and New Jersey as well as the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Astarita graduated cum laude from New York Law School and has practiced law primarily […]
Advisors Paying More for Compliance
RIAs and broker/dealers say they are spending 9 percent more money — and a lot more time — on compliance and regulatory issues. Source: Advisors Paying More for Compliance
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How Banks Are Losing Clients to Their Own Employees – Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley could do little but watch as a team of advisers overseeing $2.2 billion in assets quit last month to start their own shop, the latest in a string of departures that have shifted billions of dollars in assets away from big Wall Street banks.After months of secret and […]
