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CFTC’s High-Profile Crypto Cases Lead to Massive Recoveries but Far Fewer Enforcement Actions

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The CFTC Division of Enforcement recently released its 2024 results, trumpeting its focus on large crypto matters that generated big headlines and even bigger recoveries, but resulted in a significant decline in total...more

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Notable Litigation – September 2024

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Notable litigation filed during September 2024 includes: (1) Williamson, et al. v. Linarducci, et al., No. 24-cv-01526 (S.D. Ind.); (2) Perrotta v. First Edge, LLC, et al., No. 24-cv-01638 (M.D. Fla.); (3) Next Gen. Inv....more

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NY AG Files Another Lawsuit in Cryptocurrency Crackdown, Alleging Illegal Ponzi Scheme

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New York AG Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency companies Nova Tech, Ltd and AWS Mining Pty Ltd., along with their founders and promoters, alleging that the companies operated illegal pyramid and Ponzi...more

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Notable Litigation – March 2024

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Notable litigation filed during March 2024 includes SEC v. Sanchez, et al. and four related actions captioned Dottore v. FC Real Estate Development Co., Dottore v. Kensington Pointe Ltd., Dottore v. Seibert Enterprises, Ltd.,...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: SEC Files Complaint in Connection with a $300 Million Ponzi Scheme and Affinity Fraud

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By: Jeffrey M. Haber On many occasions, we have written about Ponzi schemes that have been the subject of enforcement actions brought by, and/or settlements with, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the...more

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CFTC charges Colorado man with fraud in digital asset-linked Ponzi scheme

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged a man from Colorado with fraud and failing to register with it in respect of a scheme that involved Ponzi-type payments....more

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SEC Continues to Seek Disgorgement Despite a Looming Supreme Court Case that Could Invalidate the Practice

On November 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint, captioned SEC v. Pierre, against a New York investment advisor for allegedly operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The SEC alleges...more

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SEC Enforcement Division Releases 2017 Annual Report as Industry Looks Ahead to 2018

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Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin, the new Co-Directors of the U.S. SEC Enforcement Division (“Division”), released a report on November 15, 2017, summarizing the Division’s enforcement activity for the fiscal year ending...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Eleventh Circuit Rules Disgorgement No Different Than Forfeiture, Barring SEC From Seeking Ill-Gotten Gains Outside Five-Year...

A three judge panel in the Eleventh Circuit issued a ruling last Thursday in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Barry Graham et al., Case No. 14-13562, holding—contrary to several other circuits—that the remedy of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Prevails in Trial of Ponzi Scheme Case

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While Ponzi scheme cases have become a staple of SEC Enforcement in recent years, most settle. Last week the SEC prevailed in one of the few that proceeded to trial. SEC v. National Note of Utah, Civil Action No....more

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SEC Brings Actions Against Ponzi Schemer, Client

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Ponzi scheme cases have, of course, become a staple of SEC enforcement since the discovery of Madoff’s unprecedented scheme. While there seems to be a virtually endless number of these cases centered on the preverbal “to good...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Brings Complaint in $68 Million Affinity Fraud Scheme

On July 6, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in connection with a $68 million affinity fraud scheme allegedly orchestrated by Bingqing Yang, through her wholly owned management companies, Luca...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Obtains $585 Million Judgment Against MRI International for Ponzi Scheme

A Nevada District Court granted the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request for a $585 million judgment against MRI International, Inc. and its former CEO, Edwin Fujinaga, consisting of disgorgement, prejudgment interest...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Bad Things Come In Threes For CCOs

It is often said that bad things come in threes. I have often wondered where this phrase came from. ...more

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