Telomerase Activation Sciences and Deceptive Advertising
The Status Quo and Deceptive Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission approves a settlement with Telomerase Activation Sciences, Inc., for deceptive advertising. The TA product line...
Energy Storage Company Engages in Fraudulent Revenue Recognition
Fraudulent Revenue Recognition
Just when Enron Corporation is a fading memory, a California-based energy storage and power delivery product manufacturer emerges. And this time, leveraging...
Wells Fargo to Pay $1 Billion to Settle Auto Loans and Mortgage Abuses
Wells Fargo agreed to pay $1 billion in penalty to settle its regulatory violations related to its auto loans and mortgage businesses.
The U.S. Consumer...
Registered Broker-Dealer Settles Charges for Securities Related Violations
Rogue Broker-Dealer
Electronic Transaction Clearing (ETC), a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, agrees to settle various Securities and Exchange Commission charges. The charges...
Fraudulent Online Cryptocurrency Chain Referral Scheme Squashed
Cryptocurrency Chain
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) files a complaint in federal court, halting the activities of fours individuals promoting deceptive money-making schemes involving cryptocurrencies....
Phony Debt Relief Scammers Pay $35 Million in Consumer Redress
Phony Debt Relief Operation
Three mastermind scam artists, Jeremy Marcus, Craig Smith, and Yisbet Segrea ran an extensive phony debt relief operation. The Federal Trade...
New York Attorney General Investigating Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The New York Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into 13 cryptocurrency exchanges.
On Tuesday, AG’s office launched the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative to investigate...
Do Americans Fully Understand the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
The Hill reports that all Americans may not fully understand the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
An Overview of the Tax Cuts and...
Faith Based Fraud Scheme that Defrauds Elderly Investors
Prominent Pastor Defrauds Elderly Investors
Late March, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charges Kirbyjon Caldwell, Senior Pastor at Windsor Village United Methodist Church in...
Epic Gatekeeping Failure, Merrill Lynch, and Unregistered Securities
Unregistered Securities and China-Based Issuer
The Securities and Exchange Commission reaches a settlement for charges against Wall Street behemoth, Merrill Lynch. The circumstances include the...