SEC
North America | 23 Aug 17
US adviser creates alter ego to defraud pro athlete over fees
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged an adviser with defrauding a professional athlete and his wife by deceiving them about the advisory fees they were paying and making up a person to testify to his goodwill.
North America | 15 Aug 17
Three charged in US oil drilling scam promising 55% returns
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two men and an accomplice with defrauding $15m (£11.6m, €12.7m) from more than 150 investors in a scam that promised high returns from an oil drilling investment opportunity.
PEOPLE MOVES: Holborn hires CCO as part of big expansion
Holborn Assets is planning to expand across the Middle East and Asia over the next 12 months, while Schroders has created a new sales director role for the Middle East. A Manulife insurance salesperson in Hong Kong has been added to the Guinness Book of World Records for his astonishingly long career.
North America | 1 Aug 17
US regulator brings charges over cancer investment fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a businessman accused of using investor funds intended to develop products to detect cancer and other diseases to pay personal expenses and fund his fiancée’s restaurant.
North America | 3 Jul 17
Banned UK fraudster charged with £37m investment scam in US
A man disqualified from working as a director in the UK has been charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading investors in a $37m (£28m, €32m) scam.