by admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Securities Fraud
The SEC has banned Dawn J. Bennett, founder of Bennett Financial Group in Washington, DC, for using false performance documents to obtain wealthy clients. She is ordered to pay more than $4 million in fines and disgorgement. A civil penalty of $600,000 and a $2.9...
by admin | Jul 22, 2016 | Securities Fraud
There presently is a trial going on in California involving a woman who was among hundreds of investors who claimed that a Metropolitan Life Insurance agent tricked them into buying unregistered securities as part of 200 million dollar Ponzi scheme. The victim in that...
by admin | Jul 12, 2016 | Securities Fraud
by Jennifer Backer The Donald W. Reynolds National Center of Business Journalism Despite a shift towards more transparency in the financial planning industry, many investors still aren’t sure what they are paying their financial advisers, USA Today reported. But new...
by admin | Jul 6, 2016 | Latest News
Individuals that contribute to a Delta Air Lines Inc. 401(k) plan have sued sections of Fidelity Investments, on the claim of wrongdoing in the firm’s record keeping role. According to its latest Form 5500, the Delta Family-Care Savings Plan had approximately $7.8...
by admin | Jul 6, 2016 | Securities Fraud
Regulators are clamping down on money laundering violations among brokerdealers in firms of all sizes, regardless if they have the proper compliance resources or not. Brokerdealers of small and medium sized firms should brace themselves for increasing regulations...