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Wall Street firms hit with $81M in fines in latest WhatsApp, texting crackdown

February 9, 2024

A new group of Wall Street firms has agreed to pay more than $81 million in civil penalties to settle ...

Meta warns investors Mark Zuckerburg’s hobbies could kill him

February 2, 2024

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s love of “high-risk activities” pose a “risk of serious injury and death,” the company warned investors ...

Morgan Stanley staff hope CEO Ted Pick ends fines in texting clampdown

December 14, 2023

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman has slightly more than two weeks left in his nearly 14-year tenure at the helm ...

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover probed by SEC after billionaire refuses to cooperate

October 5, 2023

Billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, according to ...

Gary Gensler is making the SEC into a banana republic

September 17, 2023

When you think of a “banana republic,” you think of corrupt dictators someplace distant, where the people in power control ...

On Friday, the SEC dished out the largest monetary award to a whistleblower yet -- $279 million. The previous record was $114 million, which was paid out in October 2020.

SEC whistleblower gets record $279M payout — name, case withheld

May 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded $279 million to a whistleblower who helped bring enforcement actions in the largest payout ...

First Republic Bank executives’ trading probed by SEC: report

May 6, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the conduct of First Republic Bank executives before the government seizure and sale ...

Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul caught in entrepreneur’s crypto scheme: SEC

March 22, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun with fraud, and accused eight celebrities including ...