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Securities And Exchange Commission v. Arete Wealth Management, LLC. et al

  1. February 26, 2026

    Arete Wealth, GC Can't Slip SEC Claims In Offering Fraud Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can move forward with its case against a broker-dealer and its former general counsel and chief compliance officer over an allegedly fraudulent stock offering by a "sham" energy company that Arete representatives sold, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday, while dismissing some claims related to off-channel communications and settlement releases, among other things.

  2. December 11, 2025

    SEC Must Provide Names To Compliance Chief In Fraud Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to comply with a chief compliance officer's request for the names of agency staffers familiar with his whistleblower claims as he defends allegations that he played a role in a purportedly fraudulent stock offering by a "sham" energy company.

  3. April 08, 2025

    Compliance Chief Wants Out Of SEC Fraud Suit

    The chief compliance officer and general counsel of a wealth management firm has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss him from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over an alleged offering fraud by former representatives at his firm, saying "the commission does not even understand what its own pleading burden in this case is."

  4. January 21, 2025

    SEC Sues Ex-Investment Firm Reps, GC Over 'Sham' Energy Co.

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused former representatives of a wealth management firm of selling shares of a "sham" oil and gas company, and separately accused the firm's general counsel and chief compliance officer of playing an "active role" in the alleged misconduct by drawing up liability releases for the firm.