The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of a Los Angeles man orchestrating a securities fraud by falsely presenting himself to investors as a specialist in municipal bond investments. The SEC alleges that Michael Anthony Gonzalez raised approximately $1 million since February 2010 […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new rules defining terms used in regulation of the over-the-counter swaps market. The rule, jointly written with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, was mandated by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which did not fully define terms like “security-based swap dealer” and “majority […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]