Brother of ex-Coinbase manager pleads guilty to insider trading charge

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The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager pleaded guilty on Monday to a wire fraud conspiracy charge, in what U.S. prosecutors have called the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency. read more »

SEC Charges Four Underwriters in First Actions Enforcing Municipal Bond Disclosure Law

SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a litigated action against Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and separately announced settlements with BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Jefferies LLC, charging each of the four firms with failing to comply with municipal bond offering disclosure requirements. These are the first SEC actions addressing underwriters who fail to meet the legal requirements that would exempt them from obtaining disclosures for investors in certain offerings of municipal bonds. read more »

SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has charged cloud computing company VMware Inc (VMW.N) with misleading investors by obscuring its financial performance. read more »