Securities Industry Commentator: by Bill Singer Esq WEEK IN REVIEW

February 9, 2019






In-Home Caregiver Pleads Guilty in Elder Fraud Case (DOJ Release)

Abandoned Car Wreck of Public Customer FINRA Arbitration
(BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Hackers Targeted Universities / Cooperation Helps Bring Down International Cyber Thieves (FBI Release)

Lansing Man Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For International Identity Theft And Tax Refund Fraud Scheme (DOJ Release)

Two Men Indicted In "SIM Swapping" Scheme To Steal Cryptocurrency (DOJ Release)

Brazilian Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Conspiracy And Aggravated Identity Theft For Defrauding Manhattan Financial Institutions (DOJ Release)

Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment in Fraud Case Against Advisor and Two Advisory Firms (SEC Release)

FINRA Fines and Suspends Rep for Discretionary Trading
In the Matter of Christopher Duke Bennett, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

In the Matter of Joseph Vitale (SEC Initial Decision of Default)

In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Mark Crider Callahan, Claimant, v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., Respondent (FINRA Arbitration Decision)