Peter A. Jenson (“Jenson”), the former Chief Operations Officer of Harbinger Capital Partners, LLC (“Harbinger”), has agreed to settle fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for aiding Harbinger’s owner, Phillip A. Falcone (“Falcone”), in the misappropriation of…
This July marks the fourth year since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”). With the anniversary comes much debate surrounding the effects of the legislation and whether increased regulatory oversight is necessary. A…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has brought its first case against a private equity firm for pay-to-play violations involving political campaign contributions to the governor of Pennsylvania and the candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia. The SEC also found that…
Patricia S. Miller (“Miller”), a former representative of Investors Capital Corp. (“ICC”) and Janney Montgomery Scott (“Janney”), was indicted on charges of orchestrating a $2.5 million fraud of 20 clients beginning in 2002. According to the Criminal Complaint issued by…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has filed fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the City of Harvey, Illinois and its comptroller, Joseph Letke (“Letke”). The City of Harvey has been accused…
A landmark case of whistleblower anti-retaliation enforcement has recently been settled between the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the advisory firm Paradigm Capital Management (“Paradigm”) and Candace King Weir (“Weir” the majority owner of paradigm) in the first case…
Jacko Law Group, PC (“JLG”) each month publishes a Legal Tip, written by one of its professional staff on a relevant topic specific to the securities industry. In late May 2014, JLG, wrote and released a Legal…
The role of a transfer agent is a unique – and powerful – position in the securities industry. Transfer agents are used by publicly traded companies and other issuers “to keep track of individuals and entities owning stocks and bonds…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently charged Rafferty Capital Markets (“Rafferty”) with illegally facilitating trades for an unregistered broker-dealer. A May 15, 2014 SEC press release details how Rafferty settled an SEC-charged penalty of $850,000 for perpetrating “illegally arranged…
The question “how are private equity firms doing?” was asked back in 2012 by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), in response to the growth of this industry. In October 2012, OCIE launched…