Securities Industry Commentator by Bill Singer Esq WEEK IN REVIEW

October 23, 2021



























After Morgan Stanley Raised Serious Questions in Failed TRO Against Former Employee, The Parties Stipulate to Preliminary Injunction (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Attorney General James Directs Unregistered Crypto Lending Platforms to Cease Operations In New York, Announces Additional Investigations / Today's Announcement Follows Previous Warnings to Virtual Currency Platforms That Unlawful Activity Will Not Be Tolerated in New York (NYAG Release)

SEC Staff Releases Report on Equity and Options Market Structure Conditions in Early 2021(SEC Release)

Statement on Staff Report on Equity and Options Market Structure Conditions in Early 2021 by Chair Gary Gensler

Statement on Staff Report on Equity and Options Market Conditions in Early 2021 by SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce and Commissioner Elad L. Roisman

Enhancing Equity Market Competition (Speech by SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman)

FINRA Fines and Suspends Rep for Removing and Retaining Customer Information
In the Matter of Robert Frederick Geiler, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

Federal Circuit Court Sustains Registered Rep's Conviction and Sentence of 90 Months (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)


Federal Circuit Court Sustains Registered Rep's Conviction and Sentence of 90 Months (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

SEC Obtains Judgment Against Massachusetts Man Who Defrauded Investors in International Real Estate Investment Scheme (SEC Release)

SEC Awards About $32 Million and about $8 Million to Two Whistleblowers 
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim 

SEC Awards Over $300,000 to Whistleblower 
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim 

SEC Awards About $400,000 to Whistleblower 
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim

CFTC Orders Tether and Bitfinex to Pay Fines Totaling $42.5 Million / Tether to Pay $41 million Over Claims that Tether Stablecoin was Fully Backed by US Dollars / Bitfitnex to Pay $1.5 Million for Illegal Transactions While Operating Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Trading Platform and Violation of Prior CFTC Order (CFTC Release)

Concurring Statement by CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Regarding Tether and Bitfinex Settlement

FINRA Fines and Suspends Non-Registered Fingerprint Person for Away Brokerage Account 
In the Matter of Brandon Lopez, Respondent (FINRA AWC)