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From Bad to Worse -- and Finally to Prison -- for Apple Day-Trader Sued by SEC
I always try to warn people not to get themselves thrown in prison by obstructing justice in SEC investigations. No really, I do! They just don't listen.
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Former Law Firm I.T. Employee Sentenced to Two Years for Brazen Insider Scheme
Last week, a former I.T. professional at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, received a two-year sentence for a particularly brazen insider trading case scheme -- a scheme that foolishly ignored a huge “flashing stop sign,” according to the sentencing judge.
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Former KPMG Partner Scott London out of prison, back to work
Scott London—the former KPMG partner who pleaded guilty to insider trading in June 2013 and was sentenced to serve 14 months in prison in April 2014—is out of prison and back to work. London is now employed as the assistant to the CFO of a computer company.
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India Sentences ex-Satyam CEO to 7 Years in Prison
Ramalinga Raju, former chairman and CEO of Satyam Computer Services, was found guilty in an Indian court this week and sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in “India’s Enron”—a $1 billion accounting fraud that was revealed in 2009. Raju also admitted in a letter to Satyam’s board ...
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U.S. Sentencing Commission Rethinks Securities Fraud Punishments
The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering changes to how securities-related crimes are punished, potentially imposing less jail time upon defendants in securities fraud cases. A proposal unveiled on Friday detailed a plan to rely on gains obtained by a defendant, rather than the traditional assessment of the losses suffered by ...
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Madoff's Secretary Gets Lighter Sentence Due to Her 'Unusually Small Stature'
"Madoff secretary gets 6 years after judge cites ‘small stature’" When I came across the headline above in yesterday's New York Post, I thought that while "small stature" was an odd way to characterize the role of Madoff's secretary in his massive fraud, it did make sense that someone who ...