Securities Industry Commentator by Bill Singer Esq WEEK IN REVIEW

February 6, 2021


SMARTMATIC USA CORP., SMARTMATIC INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V., and SGO CORPORATION LIMITED, Plaintiffs, v. FOX CORPORATION, FOX NEWS NETWORK LLC, LOU DOBBS, MARIA BARTIROMO, JEANINE PIRRO, RUDOLPH GIULIANI, and SIDNEY POWELL, Defendants. (Complaint, Supreme Court of the State of New York)

GPB Capital Founder and CEO Among Three Individuals Indicted in Private Equity Investment Fraud / The Defendants Allegedly Misrepresented GPB's Performance and Paid Distributions with Investor Funds (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Others With Defrauding Over 17,000 Retail Investors (SEC Release)

Founder Of $90 Million Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Charged With Securities Fraud And Pleads Guilty In Federal Court / Stefan He Qin Stole and Dissipated Nearly All the Assets of His $90 Million Flagship Hedge Fund and Attempted to Steal Millions of Dollars from a Secondary Fund to Pay Back Investors (DOJ Release)

Former Nike Marketing Manager Charged in Scheme to Defraud Company (DOJ Release)

GUEST BLOG [In]Securities: Soon May the Tendieman Come By Aegis Frumento Esq (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)


3Cir Says Never Is Better Than Late In FINRA Arbitration Appeal (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

New York Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud In Connection With Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy (DOJ Release)

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Former Portfolio Manager for Insider Trading (SEC Release)

Man Admits Operating Lottery Scam that Defrauded Connecticut Victim of Nearly $1.2 Million (DOJ Release)

Two More People Charged in Connection with Multi-State Scheme to Defraud Financial Institutions of Millions of Dollars (DOJ Release)

FINRA Censures and Fines HSBC Securities Over Fingerprinting and Screening
In the Matter of HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Respondent (FINRA AWC)

FINRA Expungement Proves That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Jason Todd Skolnick, Claimant, v. Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Respondent (FINRA Arbitration Award)