All SEC articles – Page 5
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Employees accuse OpenAI of illegal NDAs blocking whistleblower rights
Anonymous employees of OpenAI accused the company of requiring employees to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that “prohibited and discouraged” them from reporting securities law violations to federal regulators.
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Ex-Apple insider trading compliance head fined $1.1M for insider trading
A former Apple attorney who oversaw the company’s compliance with insider trading rules will pay a $1.1 million fine to settle insider trading charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Silvergate Bank to pay $63M to Fed, California over BSA/AML deficiencies
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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SCOTUS decision upends in-house tribunals in SEC fraud cases
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s practice of using in-house tribunals overseen by an administrative judge to adjudicate securities fraud cases is unconstitutional.
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SEC orders Meta Materials to pay $1M over market manipulation, fraud
A Nevada energy and manufacturing company headquartered in Nova Scotia agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged market manipulation and fraud, while the agency further investigates its former chief executives.
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SEC orders R.R. Donnelley to pay $2.1M over cyber-related control violations
A business communications and marketing services company agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission over cybersecurity-related control violations.
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SEC, CFTC actively probe off-channel comms violations, top officials say
Two senior officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission described how both agencies are committed to rooting out off-channel communications among registered entities for the long term.
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Ex-Synchronoss CFO fined, banned over SOX violations
The former chief financial officer at Synchronoss Technologies was fined a ban from the industry for widespread Sarbanes-Oxley Act violations.
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Former SEC Chair William Donaldson dead at 93
William Donaldson, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, died Tuesday. He was 93.
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Biden nominates CFTC’s Goldsmith Romero to head FDIC
President Joe Biden selected a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as his preferred choice to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the aftermath of its toxic workplace culture scandal.
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Anson Funds, affiliate to pay $2.25M for fund disclosure violations
Registered investment adviser Anson Funds Management and exempt reporting adviser Anson Advisers will combine to pay more than $2 million for allegedly misleading investors about their short fund strategy and related recordkeeping violations.
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Former CEO of AI recruiter Joonko charged with $27M fraud
The former chief executive officer of closed AI recruitment startup Joonko faces up to 40 years in prison and the potential of penalties levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $27 million.
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PCAOB Chair Williams appointed to second term
Erica Williams was reappointed to a second term as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board after an ambitious first three years in the role that have seen the agency work to update many of its standards deemed outdated.
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HF Foods to pay $3.9M to settle execs’ alleged fraud
Food service distributor HF Foods Group agreed to pay a $3.9 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged fraudulent conduct carried out by its former chief executive officer and former chief financial officer.
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‘Why us?’ SEC lists reasons it conducts examinations of broker-dealers
A risk alert from the Securities and Exchange Commission listed top reasons why a registered broker-dealer might be the subject of an examination.
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Court overturns SEC private fund adviser rule, calls out agency overreach
A federal appeals court struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s private fund adviser rule, agreeing with industry advocates that the agency overstepped its authority.
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Podcast: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on regulatory demands, CCO input
Compliance Week’s Aaron Nicodemus sat down for an exclusive chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce covering the flood of new regulation emanating from the agency, stresses on compliance at smaller firms, CCO liability, and more.
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SEC’s Grewal shares views on ‘Five Principles of Effective Cooperation’
Gurbir Grewal, director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission, spelled out plainly his view on the best path to earning cooperation credit during settlement negotiations with the agency.
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Mass Ave Global fined $350K for compliance, communication lapses
Mass Ave Global agreed to pay $350,000 for alleged failures that led the investment adviser to make false and misleading statements to investors, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SEC orders Intercontinental Exchange to pay $10M over Reg SCI violations
Intercontinental Exchange and nine affiliates agreed to pay $10 million for allegedly failing to inform the Securities and Exchange Commission of a cyber intrusion as required by Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity.