Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Over Liability for Securities Fraud June 18, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a New York investment banker banned from the...
New York Insurance Broker Sentenced in $1M Fraud Scheme March 20, 2017 An Albany insurance broker has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $1 million securities fraud scheme. Lawrence...
Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas February 15, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield Andrew Fastow, former chief financial officer (CFO) of Enron Corp., a now-defunct energy trading company swept up in a massive...
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Insider Trading Prosecutors October 8, 2015 By Greg Stohr and Patricia Hurtado The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a major insider-trading ruling that threatens at least 10 convictions and creates what the...
New York Drop of Damages Claim Against Greenberg Avoids Test of AG’s Power May 3, 2013 By Karen Freifeld When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave up a claim for damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg, he...
U.S. SEC Charges N.J.-based Consultant with Fraud in Chinese Reverse Mergers December 12, 2012 By Sarah N. Lynch U.S. securities regulators charged a New Jersey-based consultant on Tuesday with defrauding investors in the China-based companies he helped make...
Reinsurance Fraud Case Against AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Going to Trial May 9, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel A New York appeals court on Tuesday gave former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg a partial...
Ruling Boosts Bond Insurer MBIA’s Fraud Suit Against BofA’s Countrywide January 4, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel A New York state judge made it easier for the bond insurer MBIA Inc. to pursue its $1.4 billion lawsuit...
N.Y. Court: AG Enforcement Doesn’t Pre-empt Private Securities Suits December 21, 2011 Enforcement by the state attorney general against securities fraud doesn’t pre-empt private common-law claims of negligence against investment companies, New...
Large Investors Sue Bank of America August 1, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel Bank of America Corp. was sued by 15 former Countrywide Financial Corp. institutional investors who said they lost money after...