March 10, 2014
A longtime attorney for Samuel E. Wyly and Charles Wyly is negotiating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle claims that he helped the billionaire brothers run a $550 million securities racket, his lawyer said on Monday.
June 06, 2013
A New York federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is time-barred from pursuing certain penalty claims against billionaire Samuel E. Wyly, his deceased brother and others in a suit alleging they ran a $550 million securities fraud scheme.
April 05, 2013
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday took a swipe at billionaire Samuel E. Wyly, claiming he wrongly cited the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Gabelli ruling in arguing the agency waited too long to sue over an alleged $550 million securities fraud scheme.
March 06, 2013
Billionaire Samuel E. Wyly, his deceased brother and others urged a New York federal court Wednesday to toss allegations they ran a $550 million securities fraud scheme, arguing that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had waited too long to sue and couldn't pursue them for allegedly unpaid taxes.
August 08, 2011
Texas billionaire businessman Charles J. Wyly Jr., who along with brother Sam Wyly was battling government claims in New York that they ran a $550 million securities fraud scheme, died Sunday in a car accident in Pitkin County, Colo., west of Denver.
July 07, 2011
A New York federal court on Tuesday ordered billionaire brothers Samuel E. Wyly and Charles J. Wyly Jr. to turn over documents detailing legal advice they received after learning the government was investigating them for allegedly running an $550 million securities fraud scheme.
March 31, 2011
A New York federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by Samuel E. Wyly and Charles J. Wyly Jr. to dismiss four claims in a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the brothers ran a $550 million securities fraud scheme.