FINRA Baseball Caps, Rice Krispies Treats, Hiring Spree, and ZOOM OTRs

(BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Crisis begins to hit professional and public-sector jobs once considered safe (Washington Post by Andrew Van Dam)

42-year-old retiree: 'I lost more than $600,000 due to the pandemic. Now I'm second-guessing early retirement' (CNBC by Sam Dogen)

BlackRock, Voya Revive a Credit Trade That Returned Double-Digits (Bloomberg by Claire Boston and Melissa Karsh)

Massachusetts Man Charged With Orchestrating Ponzi Scheme, Defrauding Clients of More than $10 Million (SEC Release)

Israel's Largest Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Admits To Conspiring With U.S. Taxpayers To Hide Assets And Income In Offshore Accounts / Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Pleads Guilty and Bank Hapoalim B.M. Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Criminal Misconduct; Agree to Pay Nearly $875 Million (DOJ Release)

GOP Sen. Hawley asks DOJ to open a criminal investigation into Amazon (CNBC by Lauren Feiner)

HSBC hits pause on mass layoffs after profits plunge by nearly 50% (CNN by Michelle Toh)

Second Employee in Cash Flow Partners' Bank Fraud Conspiracy Admits Role in Multimillion-Dollar Loan Scheme (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Investment Adviser Representative for Conducting Fraudulent "Cherry-Picking" Scheme (SEC Release)

Federal Appellate Court Upholds Enforcement of IRS Summons Seeking Information Concerning Law Firm Clients Involved in Foreign Transactions (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Company and CEO for COVID-19 Scam (SEC Release)

SEC Awards Over $18 Million to Whistleblower (SEC Release)

Damages Awarded in Form U5 Defamation Case Against Allstate (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

If You Sent This Man To Receive Your Fund (Email from an idiot to me)

Damages Awarded in Form U5 Defamation Case Against Allstate (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Two California Charter School Officials with Misleading Investors in Bond Offering (SEC Release)

Wall Street Quants Are Turning Their Skills to the Virus Fight (Bloomberg by Justina Lee)

FINRA Imposes Fine and Suspension for Forged Endorsement in Parents and Wife's Accounts. In the Matter of Steven Todd Gary, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

Doctors apply for SBA coronavirus funding in struggle to keep practices afloat during the pandemic (CNBC by Bertha Coombs)

Distilleries Are Turning Stale Beer Into Coronavirus Whiskey / And hand sanitizer, too. (Bloomberg by Brad Japhe)

Federal Court De-Fangs Merrill Lynch In Class Action Dismissal (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Former Executives and Investment Group Settle Fraud Action (SEC Release)

SEC Charges Founders and Issuer for Conducting Fraudulent and Unregistered ICO (SEC Release)

SEC Forms Cross-Divisional COVID-19 Market Monitoring Group (SEC Release)

Jeff Concepcion and Howard Milstein combine to take dead aim at COVID-distressed RIA market -- putting youthful executive energies and a billionaire's capital on a bold path (RIABiz by Oisin Breen)

Wall Street Tries to Figure Out How to Get Back to the Office (Bloomberg by Jennifer Surane and Michelle F Davis)