Sentences with phrase «securities fraud case»

The receiver for AriseBank, the Texas ICO issuer at the center of a securities fraud case, suspects the firm's co-founders have not been entirely forthcoming with asset disclosures, documents show.

Defended national bank and its directors in class action securities fraud case under Rule 10b - 5 in federal court

The Rule is the most often used Rule in the area of securities law, and most every securities fraud case involves, in one way or another, Rule 10b - 5.

Whether in the context of a failed business, a stockholder dispute, a legal malpractice claim or a securities fraud case, today's professionals need comprehensive and experienced legal advice.

For example, Mr. Klamann was lead counsel in a commodities churning case which was tried to a $ 700,000 punitive damages verdict, a securities fraud case which produced a seven - figure confession of judgment involving a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), a successful consolidated case of more than 140 plaintiff investors in varying combinations of six commercial real estate syndications, several individual securities churning cases, a fraudulent energy conservation limited partnership of 75 investor / plaintiffs, a successful consolidated case involving 124 investors in forty diverse limited partnerships, and a successful case involving scores of investor / plaintiffs in a series of fraudulent oil and gas limited partnerships.

The 38 - year - old actor stars in the film about a New York stockbroker who refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.

«The Wolf of Wall Street «Synopsis: A New York stockbroker with a ridiculously decadent lifestyle refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, organized crime and the federal government.

A young New York stockbroker named Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.

The securities fraud case first began under the tenure of then - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in 2005 as he undertook an aggressive pursuit of Wall Street malfeasance that redefined the scope and ambition of the office.

A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin - related Ponzi scheme.

Documents in a mortgage backed security fraud case «reveal that J.P. Morgan, as well as... Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns, flouted quality controls and ignored problems, sometimes hiding them entirely, in a quest for profit,» the New York Times reported.

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The Klamann Law Firm has successfully handled numerous securities fraud cases on behalf of investors and others against broker - dealer firms, investment advisors, accountants, and other investment professionals.

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In securities fraud cases, for example, there often comes a point where the organization is best served by blaming (and disowning) an individual within it.

It comes out of the Second Circuit, the most important circuit for securities fraud cases.

Representation of national and international accounting firms in securities fraud cases; most dismissed at pleading or summary judgment stage.

High - profile securities fraud cases like Bernie Madoff often get a lot of media attention, while the examination of financial adviser negligence gets overlooked.

In a July 7 decision with significant implications for the global OTC market, the Second Circuit addressed the standards for certifying classes in securities fraud cases.

Not exact matches

Digging deeper into the Justice Department's 2000 statistics, we find that only 226 of the cases involved securities or commodities fraud.

Along similar lines, in this most recent Citi case, Rakoff has asked the SEC to explain why the court should «impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud but the defendant neither admits nor denies wrongdoing.»

In some cases, the caller threatens criminal fraud charges, an arrest warrant, and to «blacklist» the taxpayer's Social Security Number.

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware, Garden City, New York, and San Francisco, California, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in numerous cases nationwide, including federal securities fraud actions, shareholder class actions, and shareholder derivative actions.

He represents clients in securities cases, derivative actions, consumer fraud and complex commercial matters.

This case has been labeled as the «The biggest fraud in the history of the Social Security Administration.»»

The Supreme Court is set to hear a seemingly minor case later this month on the status of administrative judges at the Securities and Exchange Commission, an issue that normally might only draw the interest of those accused of stock fraud.

Hagens Berman represents plaintiffs / victims in securities and investment fraud, product liability, tort, antitrust, consumer fraud, employment, whistleblower, intellectual property, environmental and employee pension protection cases.

And, as United States Attorney from the Eastern District of New York, she was involved in two high profile financial fraud cases, one in which Citicorp paid $ 7 billion in settlement for its role in the mortgage - backed securities fraud, and one in which HSBC paid $ 1.7 billion and took a deferred prosecution agreement for facilitating money - laundering.

In the most recent cases, credit agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services will pay $ 77 million to settle charges of fraud in recent ratings of commercial mortgages brought by New York, Massachusetts and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This means limiting the use of high - friction validation measures (excessive payment security checks are behind 18 % of cases of shopping cart abandonment), and ensuring fraud systems can deal with overseas and mobile orders.

Those cases include decisions addressing the jurisdiction of the SEC, the CFTC and bank regulators over newly created derivatives and other financial instruments; the scope of the definition of a «security»; the availability of private damage actions; extraterritorial application of U.S. securities and futures laws; the standards of liability for fraud and manipulation; electronic trading markets; and the scope of fiduciary obligations of brokerage firms and banks.

Genova, who has immunity in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud case, is expected to testify later in the trial.

Mr. Broderick also handles complex civil cases, including matters involving breach of fiduciary duty and securities fraud.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim says the case marked the first conviction of a public official for securities fraud in connection with municipal bonds.

They cited three previous cases where courts ruled such questions are «relevant and probative» when they concern a defendant's actions in the context of a securities fraud prosecution, including that of pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, whom Agnifilo represented.

He is a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Attorney, where he worked from 2002 to 2009 prosecuting corporate fraud cases.

That wasn't always the case though, as New York's blue sky law was initially weaker than that of many other states, until the New York Supreme Court determined in People v Federated Radio Corporation (1926) that the act's purpose was to «defeat all kinds of fraud in connection with the sale of securities and commodities and to defeat all unsubstantial and visionary schemes in relation thereto whereby the public is fraudulently exploited,» even if the fraud can't be proven to have «originated in any actual evil design or contrivance to perpetrate fraud or injury upon others.»

«Although regulation can deter potential fraud, it also raises the costs of offerings substantially and, in the case of microfinancing like crowdfunding, the US Securities and Exchange Commission may regulate it out of existence,» she says.

According to MarkMonitor's Verizon case study, «To reduce the incidence and cost of phishing attacks, Verizon successfully integrated MarkMonitor solutions with other internal security measures as part of a larger concerted effort to educate and protect customers and prevent Verizon fraud losses.»

Security experts say teachers should not open links or attachments on laptops or phones connected to a school's network in case the message is a fraud.

Even with no liability in the case of fraud, the customer should put effort into security measures with their card.

credit fraud [top] A case when someone has stolen a consumer's identity by fraudulently using that consumer's social security number or other personal information to acquire credit in his or her name.

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A Bloomberg analysis describes the «weird theory» needed to transform this into a case of securities fraud but gets down to the nub of why Schneiderman is pursuing that theory: to evade the First Amendment.

Kaylin also has significant experience handling commercial litigation matters in both state and federal court, representing corporate clients and individuals in a wide range of matters, including complex breach of contract cases, writs of garnishment and replevin, business torts, and fraud and securities litigation.

While there, Muthyala directed grand jury investigations and prosecuted white - collar cases involving securities fraud, public corruption, bank fraud, money laundering, perjury, and other crimes.

A broad range of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation - from small, closely held companies to Fortune 500 companies - in every kind of case - from commercial real estate disputes to alleged securities fraud to fights among business partners.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

With their oral testimony often offered as the only evidence to support their claims, and with few Asylum Officers, only 35 Fraud Detection and National Security officers assigned to asylum offices throughout the country, and a mere 316 Immigration Judges already overwhelmed by a backlog of 542,411 cases, it should be no surprise that the credible fear process is uniquely susceptible to fraud.»

His civil cases included claims of breach of contract and fiduciary duty, unfair trade and business practices, employment discrimination and civil rights violations, securities fraud, negligence, and civil RICO claims.