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Financial Investigations November 13, 2020

SEC Enforcement Division collected $1.26B penalties from unregistered ICOs in 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recorded an unprecedented achievement this 2020 after its Enforcement Division seized around $4.68 billion in penalties and illegal income.  This is the biggest…

By Dee Dulfo Dee is a journalist and a news anchor. He enjoys traveling the world with just a backpack.
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Financial Investigations November 11, 2020
Scammers are impersonating the IRS in phishing emails 

Scammers are continuing to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with phishing emails designed to trick people into…

By Jackie Allen Jackie is a freelance journalist and technology geek. She worked as a telecom project director for AT&T and BellSouth. Before joining the USA Herald she has written books, articles, blogs and whitepapers. Her clients include Samsung and other technology companies.
Financial Investigations November 10, 2020
Ex-Microsoft employee gets 9 years in prison in first Bitcoin case with tax fraud component

A former Microsoft engineer is facing nine years in prison for stealing more than $10 million in digital…

By Dee Dulfo Dee is a journalist and a news anchor. He enjoys traveling the world with just a backpack.
Financial Investigations November 7, 2020
DOJ seizes $1 billion tied to Silk Road in largest crypto seizure ever

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $1 billion in bitcoin tied to an early darknet player,…

By Jackie Allen Jackie is a freelance journalist and technology geek. She worked as a telecom project director for AT&T and BellSouth. Before joining the USA Herald she has written books, articles, blogs and whitepapers. Her clients include Samsung and other technology companies.
Financial Investigations November 3, 2020
Did Dan Bilzerian paid marketing firm to boost his Instagram following?

A marketing firm is claiming that social media influencer Dan Bilzerian, the CEO of Ignite International Brands (CN:…

By Colby McCoy Colby is a full-time freelance writer based in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in the Southeastern U.S. and loves books, politics, and spending time with his two dogs hiking.
Financial Investigations November 2, 2020
Russian cybercriminal gets eight years prison sentence for role in $100M botnet conspiracy

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Russian cybercriminal received a prison sentence of eight years…

By Marivic Cabural Summers Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. For her, integrity is everything. Readers deserve to know that real story. She previously worked as research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial and has written for various websites including The Motley Fool, ValueWalk, IcannWiki and was a news writer/radio program producer at Nation Broadcasting Corporation. Marivic holds a BA in Mass Communications.
Financial Investigations October 26, 2020
Dan Bilzerian stepping in with $25 million share acquisition to save Ignite

Dan Bilzerian and Ignite International Ltd. have been in the spotlight as of late following rumors and financial…

By Colby McCoy Colby is a full-time freelance writer based in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in the Southeastern U.S. and loves books, politics, and spending time with his two dogs hiking.
Financial Investigations October 26, 2020
SEC charges Tradenet for Selling Unregistered Security-Based Swaps

Tradenet Capital Markets Ltd., an Israeli day-trading education firm is accused of violating U.S. federal securities laws in…

By Marivic Cabural Summers Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. For her, integrity is everything. Readers deserve to know that real story. She previously worked as research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial and has written for various websites including The Motley Fool, ValueWalk, IcannWiki and was a news writer/radio program producer at Nation Broadcasting Corporation. Marivic holds a BA in Mass Communications.
Financial Investigations October 23, 2020
Goldman Sachs settles probes into1MDB bribery scheme for over $2.9 billion

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion to settle investigations into its…

By Marivic Cabural Summers Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. For her, integrity is everything. Readers deserve to know that real story. She previously worked as research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial and has written for various websites including The Motley Fool, ValueWalk, IcannWiki and was a news writer/radio program producer at Nation Broadcasting Corporation. Marivic holds a BA in Mass Communications.
Financial Investigations October 21, 2020
Six former Apex School of Theology administrators charged for defrauding student loan programs

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against six former school administrators from the Apex School of Theology campus…

By Colby McCoy Colby is a full-time freelance writer based in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in the Southeastern U.S. and loves books, politics, and spending time with his two dogs hiking.
Financial Investigations October 21, 2020
Kik agrees to pay $5M to settle SEC lawsuit over its 2017 unregistered ICO

Kik Interactive finally decided to settle its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in…

By Marivic Cabural Summers Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. For her, integrity is everything. Readers deserve to know that real story. She previously worked as research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial and has written for various websites including The Motley Fool, ValueWalk, IcannWiki and was a news writer/radio program producer at Nation Broadcasting Corporation. Marivic holds a BA in Mass Communications.
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