Securities Industry Commentator by Bill Singer Esq WEEK IN REVIEW

October 13, 2018


William McFarland Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison In Manhattan Federal Court For Engaging In Multiple Fraudulent Schemes And Making False Statements To A Federal Law Enforcement Agent (DOJ Release)

SEC Stops Fraudulent ICO That Falsely Claimed SEC Approval (SEC Release 2018-232)

SEC Obtains Preliminary Injunction in Alleged $345 Million Fraud (SEC Litigation Release No. 24313)

Customer Seeks $2 Million In Puerto Rico Bond Arbitration (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Fugitive Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Connection with $21 Million Fraud Scheme (DOJ Release)

SEC Reopens Comment Period for Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants (SEC Release No. 2018-233)

Opening Statement at the SEC Open Meeting by Chairman Jay Clayton

Statement on Re-Opening Comment Period for Capital/Margin/Segregation for Security-Based Swap Dealers by Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr.

Statement on Re-Opening the Comment Period for Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants and Capital Requirements for Broker-Dealers by Commissioner Elad L. Roisman

Statement on Commission Action Regarding Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants and Capital Requirements for Broker-Dealers by Commissioner Kara M. Stein

Statement at Open Meeting on Re-Opening Comment Period for Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap by Commissioner Hester M. Peirce


Forex Firm Targeting Small Investors Ordered to Halt Offerings (TSSB Release)

Court Enters Final Judgment Against Former Nomura Rmbs Trading Supervisor, Ordered Barred from Association with Brokerage Firms (SEC Litigation Release No. 24312)

Owners of currency exchange business that made $600 million convicted of fraud (DOJ Release)

3 Floridians Charged in Counterfeit Bank Check Scheme (DOJ Release)

Guest Blog: The Invisibly Vulnerable Pre-Retirees by Aegis J. Frumento, Esq. (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

SEC Announces Settlement in Insider Trading Case Against Former Executive (SEC Litigation Release No. 24311)

North Suburban Financial Adviser Charged with Fraud for Allegedly Swindling $2.5 Million from Elderly Clients (DOJ Release)

Former New York Law Firm Partner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Two New York Law Firms out of More Than $7 Million (DOJ Release)

Pickups and Put Downs: Remarks at the Financial Planning Association 2018 Major Firms Symposium (Speech by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce)