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SEC Charges Fake Advisor With Scamming $8.4M From Investors
By Jeff BermanThe defendant, incarcerated earlier for drug trafficking, allegedly led three schemes targeting at least 28 investors.
March 23, 2023
CalPERS Agrees to $820M Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Suit SettlementPolicyholders have been fighting CalPERS in court since 2013.
March 22, 2023
SEC Charges Lindsay Lohan, Other Celebrities With Crypto ViolationsRegulators also brought charges against entrepreneur Justin Sun over the unregistered sales of tokens Tronix and BitTorrent.
March 21, 2023
Advisor Charged With Defrauding Clients in Annuity Switching SchemeClients incurred over $640,000 in surrender charges, according to the SEC.
March 15, 2023
DOJ Arrests Chinese Billionaire and Steve Bannon Associate in $1B Fraud SchemeExiled businessman Guo Wengui, an associate of the former White House advisor, was "a serial fraudster," according to the SEC.
March 14, 2023
Next Hearing Set for Ex-Broker Charged With Murder of BofA-Merrill ExecThe next setting date for a preliminary hearing for Anthony Duwayne Turner is April 3.
March 10, 2023
Jury Finds 'Self-Styled' Advisor Guilty of $20M ScamDavid Allen Harbour spent client money on a private jet and a private Eagles concert, according to prosecutors.
March 09, 2023
JPMorgan Blames Ex-Private Banking Chief for Epstein Ties, Demands 8 Years of PayThe bank is demanding Jes Staley hand over all compensation from 2006 through 2013 — a figure surpassing $80 million.