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Founder Of $90 Million Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Charged With Securities Fraud And Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

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Stefan He Qin Stole and Dissipated Nearly All the Assets of His $90 Million Flagship Hedge Fund and Attempted to Steal Millions of Dollars from a Secondary Fund to Pay Back Investors

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SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Others With Defrauding Over 17,000 Retail Investors

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SEC charged three individuals and their affiliated entities with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised over $1.7 billion from securities issued by a New York-based asset management firm and registered investment adviser, GPB Capital.

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New Research: Global Pandemic Brings Surge of New and Experienced Retail Investors Into the Stock Market

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In a year when a pandemic gripped the world, beginning and experienced retail investors flocked to the stock market using taxable, non-retirement investment accounts, according to new research by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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MAS and SGX: Beware of risks related to trading incited by online discussions

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MAS and Singapore Exchange Regulation advise the investing public to be on heightened alert to the risks related to trading in securities incited by online discussion forums and social media chat groups.

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SEC Charges Three Individuals in Digital Asset Frauds

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SEC charged three individuals with defrauding hundreds of retail investors out of more than $11 million through two fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securities offerings.

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Google Might Remove its Search Engine from Australia

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Search engine giant Google (GOOGL) threatens to remove Google search engine from Australia after the Aussie government prepares a new law that will ask the company to share royalties with publishers.

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MAS Enhances Guidelines to Combat Heightened Cyber Risks

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Technology Risk Management Guidelines (578.7 KB) (Guidelines) to keep pace with emerging technologies and shifts in the cyber threat landscape

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OCC Fines Former Wells Fargo General Counsel $3.5 Million in Settlement

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced it has assessed a $3.5 million penalty against James Strother for his role in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.'s systemic sales practices misconduct.

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The final countdown: completing sterling LIBOR transition by end-2021

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After many years of preparation, 2021 is the critical year for firms to complete their transition away from LIBOR.

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FCA warns consumers of the risks of investments advertising high returns based on cryptoassets

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The FCA is aware that some firms are offering investments in cryptoassets, or lending or investments linked to cryptoassets, that promise high returns. Investing in cryptoassets, or investments and lending linked to them, generally involves taking very high risks

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