Federal regulators on Friday charged two computer programmers for helping convicted swindler Bernard Madoff perpetrate one of the largest frauds in U.S. history.
Bank of America Corp. has agreed to share previously undisclosed information related to its purchase of Merrill Lynch with regulators investigating whether the company misled shareholders, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.
Last June, when Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was asked by a U.S. House committee why the bank hadn't disclosed seemingly important information about its upcoming Merrill Lynch acquisition in a proxy statement last November, he had a ready response:
The Securities and Exchange Commission overlooked "more than ample" evidence, including six complaints, that red-flagged the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, an internal watchdog said Wednesday.
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group, has agreed to pay $15 million to settle charges related to an accounting scandal, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed a suit against General Electric claiming that it reported false results in its financial statements.
A federal judge has dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's insider trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, CNN has confirmed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged a brokerage firm and several individuals with raising money from investors to feed Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was taken into custody Thursday night on a fraud-related charge in Stafford, Virginia, the FBI said.
Admitted fraudster Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of history's biggest Ponzi scheme, met with the Securities and Exchange Commission's top watchdog this week, several knowledgeable sources told CNN.
Federal regulators on Friday charged two computer programmers for helping convicted swindler Bernard Madoff perpetrate one of the largest frauds in U.S. history.
Bank of America Corp. has agreed to share previously undisclosed information related to its purchase of Merrill Lynch with regulators investigating whether the company misled shareholders, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.
Last June, when Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was asked by a U.S. House committee why the bank hadn't disclosed seemingly important information about its upcoming Merrill Lynch acquisition in a proxy statement last November, he had a ready response:
The Securities and Exchange Commission overlooked "more than ample" evidence, including six complaints, that red-flagged the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, an internal watchdog said Wednesday.
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group, has agreed to pay $15 million to settle charges related to an accounting scandal, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed a suit against General Electric claiming that it reported false results in its financial statements.
A federal judge has dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's insider trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, CNN has confirmed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged a brokerage firm and several individuals with raising money from investors to feed Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was taken into custody Thursday night on a fraud-related charge in Stafford, Virginia, the FBI said.
Admitted fraudster Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of history's biggest Ponzi scheme, met with the Securities and Exchange Commission's top watchdog this week, several knowledgeable sources told CNN.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against the operators of the Reserve Primary Fund for failing to provide important information to investors and trustees about the fund's exposure to Lehman Brothers.
American financier R. Allen Stanford and his wife owe back taxes, penalties and interest of at least $226.5 million, the IRS said in court documents filed in Dallas, Texas.
A federal judge has unfrozen the assets of about 12,000 people and groups who invested in companies of R. Allen Stanford, who is accused in a $9.2 billion fraud scheme.
The life of Sir Allen Stanford, the cricket and polo-loving financier who is being investigated for a potential Ponzi scheme, is a case study in how to buy respectability and influence.
The chief investment officer of the firm headed by financier Alan Stanford, who is accused in an alleged $8 billion fraud scheme, was arrested and charged Thursday in Houston, Texas.
The Obama administration announced plans Thursday to boost the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's budget by 13% to help the investor protection agency better police markets and detect fraud.
If successful businesses share certain "best practices," do scam artists have their own favored techniques? The banker R. Allen Stanford, while accused of a smaller scheme than Bernie Madoff's, conducted his business in ways that make it appear they were using a similar playbook.
Federal agents have located financier Robert Allen Stanford and served him with papers accusing him and three of his companies of orchestrating a $9.2 billion investment fraud scheme, the FBI said Thursday.
Venezuela's government seized a local bank owned by Allen Stanford Thursday as politicians and banking regulators in the region attempted to quell panic after the flamboyant Texan financier was charged over an alleged multibillion dollar fraud scheme.
BearingPoint Inc, which provides technology and management consulting services to the U.S. government, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday and said it reached an agreement with senior secured lenders to cut its debt load.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that it has charged financier R. Allen Stanford and three of his companies with orchestrating a $9.2 billion investment and sales fraud.
Blackberry maker Research in Motion announced Tuesday that the company and four current and former officers have settled an options backdating case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged businessman Robert Allen Stanford with orchestrating an $8 billion fraudulent investment program.
A former Lehman Brothers employee has been charged with illegal insider trading in a plot that accrued over $4.8 million in profits in a four-year span, according to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
Electronic equipment maker Siemens AG has agreed to pay $1.4 billion Monday to U.S. and German authorities after the company allegedly engaged in bribery, the SEC said in a release.
Former Nasdaq chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested Thursday and charged with a single count of securities fraud for allegedly operating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme from his investment advisory business, federal authorities said.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain caused some waves last month when he said that if he is elected to the White House, he'd fire SEC chairman Christopher Cox.
Third Point Management, a New York hedge fund run by one of the country's most outspoken and controversial investors, has come under investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Government documents supporting the charges filed last week against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund stars paint a picture of an organization that had a hard time tackling problems head-on - a flaw that ultimately would prove fatal to the firm.
Phil Goldstein became a hedge fund manager thanks to a pair of gray sweatpants. In the summer of 1992 the 47-year-old civil engineer walked into Las Vegas's Mirage hotel to meet his first potential investor. The shorts he was wearing didn't meet the dress code of Moongate, a Chinese restaurant where the two men had planned to meet. He thought the rule was arbitrary, so he went to a nearby gift shop, purchased a pair of sweatpants, changed into them, and returned to the restaurant. After the meal he changed back into his shorts and returned the pants for store credit. When Goldstein also told the prospect that he was staying off the Strip, at a $39-a-night motel, the deal was sealed. "This is a man I want managing my money," the investor told his broker that night.
Securities regulators on Wednesday charged Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company's reported income
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition in a stock-options backdating case against Apple's former general counsel, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges on Monday against Sentinel Management Group, the cash management firm serving the U.S. futures industry that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Friday.
ConAgra Foods Inc. agreed to pay $45 million to settle civil charges of financial fraud and improper accounting practices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday.
New Century Financial Corp., a collapsed subprime lender that is liquidating in bankruptcy, said on Thursday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has elevated its investigation of the company to formal status.
Two former executives at CVS/Caremark Corp. have settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they helped inflate earnings, despite an inventory of overvalued stuffed animals, the SEC said Friday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened 12 investigations into collateralized debt obligations (CDO) linked to the sinking value of subprime mortgages and created a working group to focus on subprime market problems, the agency said Tuesday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a public meeting for Monday, Dec. 4, to consider two measures dealing with hedge funds.
Dell Inc. late Wednesday clarified that the company's decision to delay its earnings report was due to to issues it's facing in preparing the results and not linked to an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the computer maker's accounting.
Stocks pulled off a late day comeback Friday, turning around a session that saw tech mostly in the red and which led the Nasdaq to post its highest one week percentage gain in over three years.
Dell reported quarterly sales above expectations and earnings that were in line with analysts' estimates Thursday. But profits were substantially lower than a year ago due to increased competition from rival Hewlett-Packard.
Falling oil prices and Hewlett-Packard's upbeat earnings gave tech stocks a lift Thursday, but the broader market advance was mild after a sharp rally over the last two sessions.
IBM said Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is launching a formal investigation into the way IBM disclosed last year's first-quarter earnings and into changes in the way that it would expense for stock options.
An Atlanta hedge fund operator has been accused of using fake returns to lure investors and misappropriating the funds, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against former Kmart CEO Charles Conaway and ex-financial chief John McDonald on Tuesday for allegedly misleading investors about the retailer's financial strength before the company declared bankruptcy, the SEC said in a statement.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it has discovered that pension consultants -- who advise companies on pensions and 401(k) plans -- have serious conflicts of interest and may be giving out biased advice.
The NASD Wednesday said it fined units of American Express Inc., Citigroup Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. a total of $21.25 million for steering customers to mutual funds that were not the most cost-effective.
A former clerk for a New York Stock Exchange floor broker was charged with securities fraud today by the SEC for his role in a trading scheme.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is expanding a probe into whether anyone profited from news that popular shock jock Howard Stern will move to Sirius Satellite Radio, according to some published reports Wednesday.
Deutsche Bank Securities will pay $87.5 million and Thomas Weisel Partners will pay $12.5 million to settle conflict-of-interest securities research charges with government regulators, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it settled with two insurance companies on charges of allowing market timing in mutual funds through the sale of variable annuities, which are typically used as people near retirement.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign Wednesday called on the White House to release details of Vice President Dick Cheney's testimony in federal regulators' probe of the accounting practices of the company he once headed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange announced a $5.2 million settlement Monday with two Wall Street specialist firms that were under joint investigation for violating both federal securities laws and Exchange rules.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., the New York investment banking powerhouse, has been slapped with a $2 million fine for prematurely hyping and offering to sell shares in certain initial public offerings it underwrote, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.
The SEC said Thursday that it settled an insider trading investigation with a former FleetBoston employee who allegedly bought Fleet securities shortly before the company said it would be bought by Bank of America.
Warnaco Group Inc., its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, ex-CEO Linda Wachner and others have agreed to pay $4 million to settle charges related to the company's financial disclosures, federal regulators said Tuesday.
The New York Stock Exchange, on the eve of a $240 million regulatory settlement with its largest floor-trading firms, is bracing for possible civil charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to enforce its own rules in connection with the traders' mishandling of customer orders, people familiar with the matter told Tuesday's Wall Street Journal.
Martha Stewart won a round in court Friday as a judge ruled that prosecutors cannot call expert witnesses to testify that she duped investors into buying stock in her company by making false statements.
Securities regulators said Tuesday that they've found widespread abuses at 13 out of 15 Wall Street brokerages probed in the sale of mutual fund shares.
Last March I wrote a column that included the sentence below. See if you can guess who objected to it.
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