Securities Law

SEC Awards More Than $28 Million to Seven Whistleblowers

December 22, 2023
SEC Awards More Than $28 Million to Seven Whistleblowers

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $28 million combined to seven individuals whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The seven whistleblowers were composed of a single claimant… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges UAE-Based Brooge Energy and Former Executives with Fraud

December 22, 2023
SEC Charges UAE-Based Brooge Energy and Former Executives with Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against Brooge Energy Limited, a publicly-traded energy company located in the United Arab Emirates, the company’s former CEO, Nicolaas Lammert Paardenkooper, and its former Chief… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Former CEO of Medical Device Startup Stimwave with $41 Million Fraud

December 19, 2023
SEC Charges Former CEO of Medical Device Startup Stimwave with $41 Million Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Laura Tyler Perryman, the former CEO and co-founder of Florida-based medical device startup Stimwave Technologies Inc., with defrauding investors out of approximately $41 million by making false and… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies with Massive Fraud and Obtains Emergency Relief

December 19, 2023
SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies with Massive Fraud and Obtains Emergency Relief

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S. based entities of which he is the… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Issues Staff Report on Accredited Investor Definition

December 15, 2023
SEC Issues Staff Report on Accredited Investor Definition

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a staff report on the accredited investor definition. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directs the Commission to review the accredited investor definition as it relates to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Small Business Advocacy Office Delivers Report to Congress on Capital Raising from Startups to Small Public Companies

December 14, 2023
SEC Small Business Advocacy Office Delivers Report to Congress on Capital Raising from Startups to Small Public Companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation issued its 2023 Annual Report today to Congress and the Commission. The report details how entrepreneurs and investors are building companies together,… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt $191 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme

December 14, 2023
SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt $191 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary restraining order, asset freeze, the appointment of a receiver, and other emergency relief to halt an ongoing $191 million cattle Ponzi scheme being perpetrated by… Full report at: Read More

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Credit Suisse Entities to Pay $10 Million for Providing Prohibited Mutual Fund Services

December 13, 2023
Credit Suisse Entities to Pay $10 Million for Providing Prohibited Mutual Fund Services

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and two affiliated Credit Suisse entities (collectively, the Credit Suisse Entities) agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle the SEC’s charges that they… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Approves 2024 PCAOB Budget and Accounting Support Fee

December 13, 2023
SEC Approves 2024 PCAOB Budget and Accounting Support Fee

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the 2024 budget of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the related annual accounting support fee. The 2024 PCAOB budget totals $384.7 million, and the accounting support fee… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts Rules to Improve Risk Management in Clearance and Settlement and Facilitate Additional Central Clearing for the U.S. Treasury Market

December 13, 2023
SEC Adopts Rules to Improve Risk Management in Clearance and Settlement and Facilitate Additional Central Clearing for the U.S. Treasury Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rule changes to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the U.S. Treasury market and facilitate additional clearing of U.S. Treasury securities transactions. The rule changes… Full report at: Read More

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