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SEC charges individual for misappropriation and offering scheme

On February 6, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Glencoe, Illinois resident Kenneth A. Dachman with misappropriating over $1.8 million in investor funds and making false and misleading statements to investors in offerings for three companies for which he was the Chairman – Central Sleep Diagnostics, LLC (Central Sleep), Central Sleep Diagnostics of Florida, […]

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Three Defendants Settle and Additional Defendant Charged in Stock Manipulation Ring

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware entered final judgments against Defendants Nathan M. Michaud and Gerard J. D’Amaro on January 24, 2012, and Defendant Marc J. Riviello on February 3, 2012, in SEC v. Dynkowski, et al., […]

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Catastophe bonds (CAT) become increasingly popular

Generally held by large investment funds, catastrophe bonds — more familiarly known as cat bonds — were created to offset the risk of natural disasters on insurance companies. The upside to cat bonds is based on the likelihood that a catastrophe will occur, such as a one-in-100-year event versus a one-in-five-year event. If the disaster […]

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Audits of trading systems lessened

U.S. regulators are altering plans for a multibillion-dollar computer system to monitor trades on stock exchanges and other markets to blunt criticism that the project would be expensive and to speed the system’s implementation. The Securities and Exchange Commission won’t require firms to report comprehensive trading information to the agency in real time as originally […]

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Lake Forest Man Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme

Lake Forest resident John E. Walsh, 63, has been sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud charges for operating a Ponzi-type scheme dating back to 2007. Walsh was sentenced just a day before his partner, Charles G. Martin, 46, formerly of Glencoe, was hit with a 17 year prison sentence on […]

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