by Broker Fraud | Nov 27, 2019 | Investment Fraud, Securities Litigation
SEC Charges Former Executives of Healthcare Advertising Firm with $1 Billion Fraud Outcome Health, formerly named ContextMedia, offers their clients, which are primarily pharmaceutical companies, the opportunity to display the client’s ads on televisions and...
by Broker Fraud | Oct 29, 2019 | Investment Fraud, Securities Fraud
SEC Files Charges Against Binary Options Brokers LBinary and Ivory Options Two citizens of Israel, Anton Senderov and Lior Babazara (also known as Lior Bar), were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 9, 2019, with causing over 2,800...
by Broker Fraud | Jul 31, 2019 | Investment Fraud, Securities Litigation
For tax purposes, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats virtual currency and cryptocurrency as property. Taxpayers who receive virtual currency or cryptocurrency as payment for goods or services are required by the IRS to include the fair market value of the...
by Broker Fraud | Jun 4, 2019 | Investment Fraud, Ponzi Scheme
A multi-million dollar pyramid scheme involving e-commerce lessons and cryptocurrency results in an SEC injunction They thought they were getting an education in how to start an e-commerce business, but many of the 20,000 people who subscribed to IPro, and its clever...
by Broker Fraud | Apr 30, 2019 | Investment Fraud
SEC and FINRA Jointly Issue Warning About Social Sentiment Investment Tools Social media is here to stay despite news reports about privacy, data leaks, fake news, censorship and other controversies which have surfaced in the last several years. The annual Pew...
by Broker Fraud | Nov 7, 2018 | Investment Fraud
U.S. Experiencing an Upswing in Fraud Perpetrated by Financial Advisers Bernard (Bernie) Madoff is one of the most recognized criminals in the investment world, having perpetuated the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history by fraudulently stealing $65 billion in...