February 26, 2026
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.
December 11, 2025
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.
April 08, 2025
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."
January 21, 2025
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.