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During 2006 and 2007, securities fraud class actions were driven by market wide events, such as the 2006 backdating scandal and the 2007 subprime crisis. Securities fraud lawsuits remained below historical averages. [35] Some manifestations of this white collar crime have become more frequent as the Internet gives criminals greater access to prey.
The China Hustle is a 2017 financial documentary film produced by Magnolia Pictures and directed by Jed Rothstein. [1] It reveals systematic and formulaic decades-long securities fraud by Chinese companies listed on the US stock market.
The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and written by Kookie Gulati, based on stockbroker Harshad Mehta who was involved in financial crimes over a period of 10 years during 1980–1990. [1] [2] The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz and Nikita Dutta.
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions, mortgage fraud, and securities fraud or commodities fraud.
The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court. The in-house proceedings the SEC has ...
A securities class action (SCA), or securities fraud class action, is a lawsuit filed by investors who bought or sold a company's publicly traded securities within a specific period of time (known as a “class period”) and suffered economic injury as a result of violations of the securities laws.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Form of securities fraud For other uses, see Pump and dump (disambiguation). "Night wind hawkers" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble. (The Great Picture of Folly, 1720) Pump and dump (P&D) is a form of securities fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of ...
The company's name 'SAC Capital' derived from Steven A Cohen's initials. [9] The company started trading with $25 million in 1992, grew its assets under management to $16 billion, and became the world's highest-returning hedge fund: SAC averaged annual returns of 30% net of fees under a 3% management fee and 50% performance fee from 1992 to 2013.