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Velocity shares 2x long VIX investigated by Massachusetts after 60% drop
April 19, 2012
Massachusetts’s securities regulator said it is looking into an exchange-traded note managed by Credit Suisse hat has lost 60% of its value in the past week. The Massachusetts inquiry comes as the Securities and Exchange Commission also is looking into the product. The SEC review is preliminary, according to people familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, […]
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Penny stock promoter barred
April 17, 2012
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) announced that on April 10, 2012, the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined Ryan M. Reynolds of Dallas, TX, Timothy T. Page of Malibu, CA, Steven Fischer of Bonita Springs, FL, Phillip W. Offill, Jr., a […]
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Ex-Enron CEO latest appeal rejected by Supreme Court
April 16, 2012
The Supreme Court on Monday turned aside jailed Enron executive Jeff Skilling’s second appeal, upholding his corporate corruption fraud conviction. The justices without comment rejected call to take another look at the scope of a conspiracy charge — so-called “honest services” fraud. The high court two years ago had given Skilling a temporary victory when […]
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SEC charges Silicon Valley man for start up fraud
April 10, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Silicon Valley businessman raised millions for two Internet start-ups by falsely promising investors that his companies were on the verge of undergoing successful initial public offerings and were well on their way to becoming the “next Google.” The SEC alleges that Benedict Van, of San Jose, Calif., […]
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Former broker to pay more than $500,000 for defrauding 9/11 widow
March 22, 2012
he Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal judge in Massachusetts entered a final judgment on March 14, 2012 ordering defendant James J. Konaxis, formerly a registered representative of Beverly-based broker-dealer Sentinel Securities, Inc., to disgorge more than $483,000 in commissions earned over a two-year period by defrauding a former customer who was left […]
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