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SEC Charges Newport Beach Company and its Principals with Operating a $13.5 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme SEC

SEC Awards More Than $2 Million to Whistleblower for Successful Related Action SEC

Post-SPAC Music Steaming Company Reaches $38.8 Million Settlement in Ongoing Fraud Action SEC

SEC Awards $40 Million to Two Whistleblowers SEC

Boeing finds new defect in continuing struggle to produce Dreamliner 787 REUTERS Boeing Co (BA.N) said Thursday that some titanium 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured over the past three years, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft. read more »

Former Chief Executive Officer of Petrochemical Company Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery Scheme DOJ

SEC opens inquiry into Wall Street banks' staff communications REUTERS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a broad inquiry into how Wall Street banks are keeping track of employees' digital communications, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. read more » Jamie Dimon bashes bitcoin again, calling it 'worthless' CNN

Like whistleblower Frances Haugen, these Facebook employees warned about the company’s problems for years. No one listened WASHINGTON POST

Brazil's Petrobras pays $853.2 mln fines to DOJ, SEC in corruption probe REUTERS Brazil state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) said on Monday it has paid $853.2 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission as part of an agreement with U.S. authorities in 2018. read more »

SEC Charges Rogue Trader Who Bankrupted His Firm SEC

Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Incentivize Whistleblowers to Report Consumer Fraud to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau US SENATE

U.S. SEC proposes rules urging hedge funds, endowments to disclose votes REUTERS

SEC Bars Two Individuals from Whistleblower Award Program SEC

Devon Energy Companies Agree to Pay $6.15 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Underpaying Royalties on Gas from Federal Lands DOJ

SEC Awards Approximately $36 Million to Whistleblower SEC

SEC Charges Quant Analyst in Multimillion Dollar Front-Running Scheme SEC

The S.E.C. has opened an investigation into Activision Blizzard NEW YORK TIMES Activision Blizzard, the video game maker behind Call of Duty and other major franchises, said on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the company over “disclosures regarding employment matters and related issues.” read more »

Amazon starts probe over bribe to gov’t officials by its lawyers in India, report says TECH CRUNCH

SEC Awards $11.5 Million to Two Whistleblowers SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $11.5 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance contributed to the success of an SEC enforcement action. 

Ex-Wells Fargo executives set to face civil trial in scandal over phony accounts REUTERS The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, is scheduled to begin a civil trial on Monday for three former Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) executives over their alleged roles in a scandal involving phony accounts at the San Francisco lender. read more »