Securities Industry Commentator by Bill Singer Esq WEEK IN REVIEW

August 20, 2022


GUEST BLOG: [In]Securities: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: A Whistleblower Retaliation Case Washes Out by Aegis Frumento Esq (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Barred Stockbroker Charged With Five Counts of Wire and Mail Fraud. Did Any Victim Do Any Due Diligence? (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Claimant Wins $57 Million in FINRA Arbitration Award and Once More Around The Loop with Bill Singer (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

How Regulatory Sandbox Programs Can Promote Technological Innovation and Consumer Welfare / Insights from Federal and State Experience (OnPoint, Competitive Enterprise Institute by Ryan Nabil)

California Man Receives 10 Year Sentence Following Guilty Plea in South Carolina to Fraud Conspiracy / Masterminded $300 Million Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retirees and Military Pension Holders (DOJ Release)

Investment Scam Ringleader Pleads Guilty After Being Recorded Paying Cash Kickbacks at Boca Raton Starbucks (DOJ Release)

Former Member of Congress Charged with Multiple Fraud Schemes (DOJ Release)

SEC Awards $1.5 Million and $800,,000 To Two Whistleblower Claimants
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claims

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Defendant for Role in $45 Million Fraudulent Scheme (SEC Release)

FINRA Censures and Fines Morgan Stanley for Missing Short-Sale Indicator
In the Matter of Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

FINRA Fines and Suspends Former Wells Fargo Rep for Text Messaging
In the Matter of Yan Binder, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

FSC Securities Loses FINRA Arbitration Seeking About $364,000 in Damages Against Former Contractor
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between FSC Securities Corporation, Claimant, v. Roger Bedillion, Respondent (FINRA Arbitration Award)

FINRA Arbitration Panel Finds TD Ameritrade Grossly Negligent With Form U5  (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)