By Adrianne Appel2023-04-12T21:48:00
The former chief investment officer and founder of investment adviser Infinity Q Capital Management was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $22 million for artificially inflating the values of certain derivatives to defraud investors.
James Velissaris employed a small staff that included a chief compliance and risk officer accused of assisting in his fraud, the Department of Justice noted in its press release Monday. The CCO, Scott Lindell, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding his alleged role in September.
The actions of Velissaris inflated the value of Infinity Q funds by more than $1 billion, the SEC said.
2023-04-25T22:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Brazilian reinsurance company IRB Brasil RE agreed to pay $5 million to harmed investors after its former chief financial officer allegedly lied about Berkshire Hathaway investing in the company.
2023-04-21T17:01:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Department of Justice announced charges against the “purported” chief compliance officer at Dominion Bank and Trust Company Limited for allegedly taking part in a $4 million fraud scheme.
2023-04-11T18:50:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The former director of quality assurance at Magellan Diagnostics allegedly conspired with executives to conceal a critical flaw in lead tests they knew would result in tens of thousands of false negative tests among lead-exposed children.
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A Florida seafood company executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring with competitors to fix the prices he paid to local fishers, an effort that impacted more than $8 million in wholesale fish and cut the pay of hundreds of fishers, the Department of Justice said.
2025-09-16T20:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The former CEO of a Georgia clothing business faces 25 years in prison for bribing Honduran officials to win $10 million in uniform contracts in Honduras, after being caught up in a Department of Justice Anticorruption Task Force.
2025-09-12T19:40:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
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