SEC plans to go after market manipulation on social media, executive insider trading, Gensler says

MARKETWATCH

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Monday that his agency is focused on adopting new rules to guard against company executives using private information to opportunistically sell shares of companies they oversee, while acknowledging that the SEC must come up with new strategies to guard against market manipulation on social media. read more »

U.S. IRS chief asks Congress for authority to collect cryptocurrency transfer data

REUTERS

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig said on Tuesday that Congress needs to provide clear statutory authority for the tax agency to collect information on cryptocurrency transfers valued at over $10,000 that largely go unreported. read more »

Feds Accuse New Rochelle Nursing Home Of Defrauding Medicare

PATCH.COM

A Westchester nursing home and convalescence facility is accused of defrauding Medicare, by keeping well patients longer than necessary and ordering unneeded treatments in a new federal lawsuit. read more »