An arrest warrant was issued for Zeng Lingxi, an alleged member of a syndicate suspected of operating ramp-and-dump scams on social media.
April 7, 2021The social media app restricts voice recording without the consent of every speaker in a chat room, which may create a loophole for stock manipulators.
March 23, 2021The government reportedly blocked social media mentions of the stock market while local media outlets downplayed recent market turbulence.
March 11, 2021The SFC has frozen securities accounts holding an estimated HK$860mn in ramp-and-dump proceeds, while the Police have seized an additional HK$89mn.
March 8, 2021The SFC has issued restriction notices against 54 more trading accounts. Singapore regulators are guarding against “pump and dump” and “short and distort” scenarios.
February 19, 2021One of the SFC’s top priorities for the year is to crack down on ramp and dump scams and other types of market manipulation conducted through social media.
February 11, 2021Authorities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Malaysia are among those issuing warnings of possible investor losses as heightened volatility continues.
February 4, 2021The current approach to terrorist financing is one-dimensional, overly simplistic and outdated, says a new paper from RUSI's Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies.
March 11, 2020SEBI is working on a 'data lake' project that will use AI, machine learning and NLP tech to analyse unstructured data and augment market surveillance.
January 24, 2020The Japanese government plans to use personal credit information and social media IDs to monitor suspicious crypto trading activities and accounts.
June 29, 2018