Industry The Web Eight "influencers" charged with securities fraud in $114 million pump-and-dump scam Each suspect faces a maximum of 300 years if convicted on all 12 counts By Cal Jeffrey , December 14, 2022, 8:18 PM 16 comments
Tech Culture Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million settlement for crypto promotion post Kardashian has a net worth of $1.8 billion By Rob Thubron , October 4, 2022, 8:22 AM 14 comments
Industry New SEC lawsuit accuses MoviePass executives of fraud Former MoviePass leadership could be banned from ever holding executive positions again By Cal Jeffrey , September 28, 2022, 2:13 PM
Industry Security SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35 million after exposing customer data on 1,000 auctioned hard drives This is why we can't have nice things By Cal Jeffrey , September 21, 2022, 4:04 PM 10 comments
The Web Industry Twitter signals intent to "poison" stock should Elon Musk acquire a 15% stake The poison pill strategy discourages a takeover by making it too expensive By Cal Jeffrey , April 15, 2022, 3:51 PM 29 comments
Industry The Web Tesla CEO Elon Musk will sit on Twitter board of directors until at least 2024 Appointment will prevent a hostile takeover By Cal Jeffrey , April 5, 2022, 1:38 PM 14 comments
The Web Tech Culture SEC charges "snake oil" siblings over $124 million crypto scam The SEC says Ormeus Coin was a fraud operation By Rob Thubron , March 9, 2022, 8:16 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture John McAfee arrested in Spain on tax evasion charges, sued by SEC The software tycoon is facing extradition By Rob Thubron , October 6, 2020, 7:27 AM
Microsoft Microsoft settles on $26 million fine over Hungarian bribery and corruption charges Barely a slap on the wrist By Cal Jeffrey , July 22, 2019, 3:46 PM
The Web Security Attackers breach collections agent for Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp exposing 20 million records About 200,000 contained credit card and bank information By Cal Jeffrey , June 5, 2019, 3:33 PM
Tech Culture The Web Elon Musk may be held in contempt of court over this tweet SEC disagrees with Tesla production numbers By Greg Synek , February 26, 2019, 8:35 AM
Apple Industry Apple's insider trading lawyer has been charged with insider trading His job duties included instructing employees not to trade before financial numbers were announced By William Gayde , February 14, 2019, 2:47 PM
Car Tech Tesla obeys the SEC and adds Oracle founder Larry Ellison to its board Can Tesla finally keep it between the lines? By Isaiah Mayersen , December 30, 2018, 6:05 AM 17 comments
Industry The Web Scam alert: Positive cryptocurrency reviews are for sale And few investors realize it By Rob Thubron , November 28, 2018, 5:25 AM
The Web Elon Musk bites back at the SEC: Shortseller Enrichment Commission Will Musk beat Donald Trump to the 'Most Ridiculous Twitter Account of All Time" award? By Isaiah Mayersen , October 5, 2018, 10:04 PM 28 comments
Industry Car Tech Elon Musk could have avoided SEC lawsuit by signing a no-guilt settlement Musk backed out of the deal at the last minute By Shawn Knight , September 28, 2018, 11:52 AM 19 comments
Industry Car Tech Elon Musk is being sued by the SEC and could be barred from officer positions at all public companies Be careful what you tweet about By Greg Synek , September 28, 2018, 8:44 AM 7 comments
The Web Criminal investigation into Bitcoin price manipulation launched by Justice Department Evidence of order spoofing and wash trading concern regulators By Greg Synek , May 24, 2018, 9:20 AM 18 comments
Industry The SEC just launched a fake cryptocurrency to educate investors on the dangers of ICO scams The fake cryptocurrency is called 'HoweyCoins' By Cohen Coberly , May 16, 2018, 5:31 PM 13 comments
The Web Security SEC hits Yahoo with $35 million fine for failing to disclose massive 2014 data breach The breach has come back to haunt Yahoo By Cohen Coberly , April 24, 2018, 4:55 PM
Industry SEC charges former Equifax executive with insider trading Jun Ying dumped nearly $1 million in stock 10 days before the breach was made public By William Gayde , March 15, 2018, 6:51 AM
Industry The SEC is cracking down on cryptocurrency 'initial coin offerings' Numerous crypto companies are being hit with subpoenas By Cohen Coberly , March 1, 2018, 6:10 PM
Industry Hardware Intel CEO may face lawsuits, SEC inquiry over sale of stock CEO sold the maximum number of shares allowable under his contract, all before making the bugs public By William Gayde , January 10, 2018, 3:36 PM 11 comments
Industry Security Three Equifax executives dumped stock before the cyber attack was made public Equifax claims they had no knowledge of the breach before they sold By William Gayde , September 8, 2017, 11:45 AM 12 comments
The Web Industry Yahoo CEO to give annual bonus to employees following numerous security breaches Annual bonus and stock options to employees as an apology for recent hacks By William Gayde , March 2, 2017, 8:00 AM