A bombing outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building at 11 Wall Street in Manhattan was thwarted by an undercover operation led by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who arrested Harun Abdul-Malik Yener and charged him with attempting to build explosives that would kill as many as possible to “reboot” the… Read More >>
FBI, SEC & FINRA Warn Against Imposter Brokers
None other than Larson E. Whipsnade himself declared, “You can’t cheat an honest man.” That was in the 1939 movie of the same name, and Whipsnade was played by W.C. Fields. So, it should come as no surprise that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Financial Interest… Read More >>
DoJ Returns $300M in Fraud Proceeds to Malaysia
The U.S. Department of Justice has returned approximately $300 million to Malaysia, money that was misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in America and several other states, including Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. One person at the center of the money-laundering scandal was Low Taek Jho, aka… Read More >>
A Break in a Major Hacking & Fraud Scheme
Earlier this month there was a development in one of the most ingenious hacking and securities fraud efforts in a long time — one that in theory would make for a great crime/thriller movie. To refresh your memory, we reported [ http://bit.ly/2bLHdUQ ] that in a major anti-fraud action, the SEC issued charges against 32… Read More >>
HSBC Cooperating with FBI FX Probe
HSBC is cooperating with a widely publicized U.S. Department of Justice investigation of two of its top foreign exchange trading officials who are charged with using confidential information about their client for personal gain and at the expense of that client. “HSBC has been and continues to cooperate in the DOJ’s foreign exchange investigation,” a… Read More >>
Two Ex-Rabobank Traders Face Jail Time in the U.S.
While U.S. presidential candidates cry for more investment banking personnel to be in orange jumpsuits, two former derivatives traders for Rabobank, headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands, might one day be donning new outfits as they have been sentenced to serve time in a U.S prison. The sentencing of the two British nationals last week followed… Read More >>
Congress Mulls New Insider Trading Rules
Congressional calls for broadening the definition of insider trading and making it easier to prosecute have picked up speed recently. But it remains to be seen just what the legislative branch’s impact will be on an area traditionally ruled by the courts, industry observers say. Two bills are currently being considered by Congress, both responses… Read More >>
Wynyard Hires from British Intelligence Agency
Cyber-security vendor Wynyard Group has hired Andrew France OBE, the former deputy director of cyber-defense operations at British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) as its new strategic advisor of intelligence, officials say. France spent the last years of his GCHQ career developing a national cyber-defense strategy for the U.K., and his hiring reflects a… Read More >>
