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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Coinbase Faces SEC Probe on Crypto Listings; Shares Fall
Coinbase Global Inc. is facing a U.S. probe into whether it improperly let Americans trade digital assets that should have been registered as securities. The company’s shares fell as much as 9.2%. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s scrutiny of … Continue reading
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CEO of Reality TV Production Companies Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Defrauding Private Lender Out of $2 Million
The CEO of two Hollywood production companies that specialize in reality-television programming was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining a $2 million business loan using fabricated documents and by misrepresenting his companies’ financial … Continue reading
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Ex-Coinbase Employee and 2 Others Charged with Insider Trading of Cryptoassets
Federal authorities filed criminal and civil charges against a former Coinbase employee and two other men in an insider-trading case involving confidential information about cryptocurrency assets that were about to be posted on Coinbase’s exchange. All three of the men … Continue reading
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Ex-Coinbase Employee and 2 Others Charged with Insider Trading of Cryptoassets
Federal authorities filed criminal and civil charges against a former Coinbase employee and two other men in an insider-trading case involving confidential information about cryptocurrency assets that were about to be posted on Coinbase’s exchange. The three men were involved … Continue reading
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Justice Department Seizes $500,000 from North Korean Hackers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) was able to restore the funds of hospitals in Kansas and Colorado that had recently been victims of ransomware attacks. The agency seized and returned nearly half a million dollars from North Korean hackers to … Continue reading
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Former Overland Park businessman sentenced for employment tax fraud
According to court documents and statements that were made in court, starting in 2010, Lance Ashley was the sole owner and operator of Ashley Home Care Services, a home health care business providing daily living services. Ashley was responsible for … Continue reading
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People without a filing requirement may miss out on a refund if they don’t file a 2021 tax return
Some people may choose not to file a tax return because they didn’t earn enough money to be required to file but may miss getting a refund if they don’t file. While the filing deadline is October 17, 2022 to … Continue reading
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Corporate Officer Has a Nondischargeable Debt from the Company’s Fraud
Upholding the bankruptcy court and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the Tenth Circuit explained when a corporate officer can be saddled with a nondischargeable debt for causing a corporation to defraud a customer. The debtor provided aircraft sales consultancy services through … Continue reading
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SEC Probes Better.com After Lawsuit Alleges Company Misled Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining whether Better.com violated federal securities laws. Federal securities regulators have requested documents from Better.com and its blank check company Aurora Acquisition Corp. about their business activities, the companies said in filings with the … Continue reading
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Bank of America Fined $225 Million Over Botched Disbursement of State Unemployment Benefits
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has fined Bank of America $100 million for botching the disbursement of state unemployment benefits at the height of the pandemic, according to a CFPB press release. Bank of America automatically and unlawfully froze … Continue reading
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