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SEC collects Wall Street's private messages as WhatsApp probe escalates REUTERS The U.S. securities regulator has collected thousands of staff messages from more than a dozen major investment companies, escalating its probe into Wall Street's use of private messaging apps, said four people with direct knowledge of the matter. read more »

SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $9 Million SEC

Michigan Vascular Surgeon Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud Conviction and Agrees to Pay Up to $43.419 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations DOJ

Brazilian Mining Company to Pay $55.9 Million to Settle Charges Related to Misleading Disclosures Prior to Deadly Dam Collapse SEC

Former Goldman banker must forfeit $35.1 mln in 1MDB corruption case REUTERS A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) banker Roger Ng to forfeit $35.1 million, after sentencing him to 10 years in prison for helping loot billions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund. read more »

The SEC charges Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and others with illegally promoting crypto NPR

Two Men Sentenced in $30M Foreign Exchange Fraud Scheme DOJ

CEO of Publicly Traded Health Care Company Charged for Insider Trading Scheme DOJ

James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and University of Pittsburgh Physicians Agree to Pay $8.5 Million and Implement Monitoring Actions to Resolve False Claims Allegations. DOJ

Landlord and Former Operators of Upstate New York Nursing Home Pay $7,168,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Worthless Services Provided to Residents DOJ

SEC asks big hedge funds for employee phone review REUTERS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked some major hedge funds to review certain employees' personal mobile phones for evidence of business dealings on unapproved channels, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. read more »

SEC Issues $28 Million Award to Joint Whistleblowers SEC

SEC Awards Approximately $18 Million to Three Whistleblowers SEC

Laboratory Owners and Executives Charged in Health Care Kickback Scheme DOJ A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging two Texas men and a Louisiana man for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, resulting the submission of over $107 million in false and fraudulent genetic testing claims to Medicare. read more »

SEC Awards More Than $20 Million to Whistleblower SEC

Three Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program DOJ

U.S. CFTC head urges Congress to act fast on crypto regulation REUTERS A leading U.S. financial regulator on Thursday urged lawmakers to act quickly to install a regulatory framework for digital assets following the spectacular collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. read more »

Crypto Whistleblowers in Line for Multimillion-Dollar Payouts BLOOMBERG A CFTC commissioner has urged crypto industry whistleblowers to come forward in the aftermath of FTX Group’s implosion, saying tipsters have previously received millions of dollars for their help. read more » Infinity Q founder, once claiming $3 bln assets, pleads guilty to fraud REUTERS

SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY22 SEC

SEC Charges Pharmaceutical Co. Chief Information Officer in $8 Million Insider Trading Scheme SEC