All posts tagged "wire fraud"
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328EnforcementTwo JPM Traders Convicted on Spoofing Charges
The two former traders were convicted of attempted price manipulation, spoofing, commodities fraud, and wire fraud following a three-week jury trial.
August 15, 2022 -
414Crypto / Digital AssetsUS DOJ Charges Ex-Coinbase Employee for Insider Trading
A former Coinbase employee and two others were charged. The SEC's parallel action classifies 9 crypto tokens as securities. Coinbase files a petition.
July 25, 2022 -
423Crypto / Digital AssetsEx-OpenSea Employee Charged for Insider Trading in NFTs
The former product manager traded on confidential information about which NFTs were going to be featured by OpenSea's website.
June 2, 2022 -
1.1KAML / KYCUS SEC, DOJ File Fraud Charges Over $62mn Crypto Fraud
MCC International Corp and its founders were charged for selling fraudulent investment plans that promised daily returns from crypto mining and robotic trading.
May 11, 2022 -
488EnforcementUS Authorities File Charges Against Archegos, Key Executives
The DOJ, CFTC and SEC charged Archegos and four of its executives for defrauding banks and brokers and manipulating the prices of publicly traded securities.
April 28, 2022 -
825AML / KYC
US DOJ Charges Two for NFT Fraud, Money Laundering
The two defendants promised benefits to NFTs buyers and then transferred the $1.1mn in crypto proceeds to various wallets under their control.
April 1, 2022 -
642AML / KYCBitConnect Founder Indicted for Running Crypto Ponzi Scheme
BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani and his co-conspirators obtained fraudulent gains from investors amounting to about USD 2.4 billion.
March 1, 2022 -
881EnforcementUS Authorities Criminally Convict NatWest on Spoofing Charges
NatWest traders engaged in schemes to defraud in connection with spoof orders designed to profit from manipulation of the US Treasury securities and futures markets, the DOJ said.
December 24, 2021 -
437AML / KYCCredit Suisse Settles Charges Over Mozambique ‘Secret Debt’
Transactions that raised over $1bn were used to "perpetrate a hidden debt scheme", pay kickbacks to investment bankers, and bribe government officials.
October 20, 2021 -
348AML / KYCUS DOJ Agrees to Release of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
Under a deferred prosecution agreement, Meng admitted to making material misrepresentations to HSBC regarding Huawei’s operations in Iran.
September 27, 2021
