October 24, 2017
A Navy warrant officer based in Washington state who is accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of writing fake stock news at the behest of a California actress and her company was granted a change of venue to Seattle by a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday.
July 25, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New York federal court Monday that a stock promotion company's dissolution in 2014 doesn't warrant the dismissal of claims that the company schemed to disguise promotions as independent research.
April 11, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Monday against a whopping 27 respondents for disguising promotions as independent research in a move experts said is calculated to send a message the market can't ignore and could be a sign of more cases to come.
April 10, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced a major dragnet of stock promotion schemes that disguised promotions as independent research, unveiling settlements with more than a dozen communications firms, company CEOs and writers, and federal litigation against 10 other parties.