Tagged: enforcement action

April 5, 2023 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of the defunct student loan assistance company previously known as Frank, “with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC) in 2021.” The SEC’s… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against Binance, founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (known as CZ), and former Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim with “numerous violations” of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and other regulations. Filed in the U.S. District Court for… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against credit services company Credit Karma for “deploying dark patterns to misrepresent that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ for credit card offers.” The FTC alleges that the company “used claims that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ and had ‘90% odds’ to… Read More

February 12, 2022 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlockFi Inc. is reportedly getting ready to pay $100 million in order to settle allegations from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and State regulators that it had been illegally offering a product that pays clients really high interest rates to lend out their… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A panel of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) confirms that it has approved a settlement agreement with Vantage Global Prime Pty Ltd (VGP) and Vantage International Group Ltd (VIG) for selling contracts for difference (CFDs) to Ontario investors in an improper manner. The settlement agreement… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 9:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged LBRY with conducting an offering of digital assets deemed to be unregistered securities. LBRY is a blockchain-based company that is working on a digital marketplace, using its native currency LBC, for content such as images, video, audio,… Read More