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New York sues Citibank for alleged failure to reimburse fraud victims

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud.The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements, according to a release. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part…

SEC charges ex-CEO of Stimwave with fraud, says some devices were fake

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersLaura Tyler Perryman, co-founder and former CEO of the medical device startup Stimwave Technologies, was charged with allegedly defrauding investors out of $41 million by making "false and misleading" statements about one of its devices, according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday.The complaint alleges that Perryman misrepresented a Stimwave…

Guilty plea in $100 million New Jersey deli stock fraud case

Your Hometown Deli in Paulsboro, N.J.Google EarthA North Carolina ex-convict pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with conspiring to manipulate the stock of a company that once had a market capitalization of as high as $100 million despite owning just one, small money-losing deli in southern New Jersey.The man, disgraced former stockbroker James Patten, also admitted on Wednesday in New Jersey federal court to conspiring with two other men to manipulate the share price of another related shell company, which…

$2 Billion Default Followed Warnings to Everyone but Investors

Beneficient executives and board directors headed for the exits over signs of trouble—long before a financial blowup that is now under investigation by the SEC and which could leave nearly 28,000 investors empty-handed Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/The Wall Street Journal; Photos: Reuters, Getty Images, Bloomberg News, EagleView, Kansas Reflector Beneficient executives and board directors headed for the exits over signs of trouble—long before a financial blowup that is now under investigation by the SEC and which could leave…

British Billionaire Joe Lewis Charged With Insider Trading

Prosecutors say the owner of Tottenham Hotspur tipped off pilots, lovers and associates. Prosecutors say the owner of Tottenham Hotspur tipped off pilots, lovers and associates. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do…

Crypto Couple appear set to plead guilty in bitcoin money laundering

Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein.Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center.The New York couple charged with trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack of Bitfinex appear set to plead guilty in the case.The couple, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Rhiannon Morgan, have been newly charged in the case with a document known as an information, according to a new Washington, D.C., federal court docket entry Friday.An information is a type of charging document that federal prosecutors…

Ex-Pfizer employee charged over trading on Paxlovid data

Federal authorities charged a former Pfizer employee and his close friend Thursday with illegally trading shares based on non-public trial results on the pharmaceutical company's Covid antiviral pill Paxlovid.The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission both announced respective insider trading charges against Amit Dagar, a former senior statistical programming lead at Pfizer, and his friend Atul Bhiwapurkar.Dagar, who helped manage and analyze Paxlovid clinical trial data, and Bhiwapurkar…

Customer Ratings Have Become Meaningless. Americans are handing out perfect Uber and Airbnb scores.

June 5, 2023 5:40 am ETMike Johnson has endured some awkward Uber rides. He once held his nose throughout a trip because the driver was carrying chopped-up Durian—the world’s smelliest fruit. Another time, he was stuck in the back seat while a driver bickered with her boyfriend. Yet another driver tried to sell him a Ponzi scheme.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 June 5, 2023 5:40 am ETMike Johnson has endured some awkward Uberrides. He once held his

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Texas Prison

The entrepreneur starts her 11-year prison term after her conviction for defrauding the blood-testing company’s investors. The entrepreneur starts her 11-year prison term after her conviction for defrauding the blood-testing company’s investors. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all…

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Expected to Enter Prison Tuesday

The entrepreneur faces an 11-year prison term after her conviction for defrauding the blood-testing company’s investors. The entrepreneur faces an 11-year prison term after her conviction for defrauding the blood-testing company’s investors. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all…