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Utah AG Brings Charges Against Latest ‘Affinity’ Ponzi Scheme | Compliance Week

By Securities Docket on June 26, 2015, 11:19 am

Shortly after Utah introduced the nation’s first “White Collar Crime Offender Registry” to help fight affinity fraud, the state’s Attorney General charged a father and son with 15 counts of securities fraud in which they allegedly exploited their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to win the trust of prospective investors. […]

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Affinity, Utah

FIN4 May Have Embarked on a Risky Hacking/Insider Trading Strategy | Cady Bar the Door

By Securities Docket on June 26, 2015, 9:51 am

I have two main thoughts. First, sound information handling practices, and appropriate wariness among professionals using email, still go a long way toward securing confidential data within organizations. It’s often not the most technologically advanced tactics that yield the worst data breaches. Second, FIN4 has embarked on a complex money-making plan. There may be many […]

Posted in Industry, SEC, Top | Tagged Insider Trading