July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer
House Attorneys Ask Court to Dismiss SEC Subpoena SuitCongressional attorneys are fighting subpoenas in an SEC probe into whether a House aide leaked information about health care policy to Wall Street.
By Isobel Markham
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July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer
SEC Charges Transfer Agent with Defrauding InvestorsInternational Stock Transfer Inc and its owner, Cecil Franklin Speight, have settled charges that they used boiler room tactics to sell worthless securities.
By Isobel Markham
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July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Harbinger COO Settles Charges in Hedge Fund SchemeA $200,000 penalty, a two-year ban from working in the securities industry and admission of wrongdoing are among the settlement terms agreed to by Peter Jenson.
By Isobel Markham
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July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer
Seattle Man Sentenced for Microsoft Insider TradesWith an accomplice, Sean Stokke netted more than $400,000 from illegal trades during an 18-month period.
By Isobel Markham
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July 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer
SEC Seeks $1.41 Billion from Wyly Brothers For FraudA jury determined the brothers hid in offshore trusts millions of dollars in company profits, defrauding investors.
By Isobel Markham
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July 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer
SEC Files More Charges in Football Boiler Room SchemeFour more executives are charged in misleading potential investors in Thought Development Inc.
By Isobel Markham
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July 26, 2014 | The American Lawyer
Morgan Stanley Settles SEC Claims for $275 MillionThe Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that the investment bank understated the number of bad loans in mortgage-backed securities that it sold.
By Isobel Markham
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July 26, 2014 | The American Lawyer
Discala Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $2 Million BailOmniView Capital's Abraxas Discala faces federal charges of securities fraud for an alleged $300 million stock manipulation scheme.
By Isobel Markham
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July 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Jefferies Trader Sentenced to Two Years in PrisonJesse Litvak will also pay a $1.75 million fine for his conviction on charges that include securities fraud, making false statements, and TARP-related fraud.
By Isobel Markham
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July 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer
SEC Narrowly Adopts Money Market Fund ReformsMeasure would require prime institutional funds to float their share value.
By Isobel Markham
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