Securities

  • Govt may get billions under Forbes' divorce decree
    AP (November 17, 2009)
    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - The federal government might get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between imprisoned former Cendant Corp. chairman Walter Forbes and his wife of 27 years.
     
  • Texas company told to stop soliciting in Colo.
    AP (November 17, 2009)
    DENVER (AP) - A Colorado regulator has entered a cease-and-desist order against a Texas oil and gas company accused of offering unregistered securities in Colorado.
     
  • JPMorgan settlement with SEC worth over $700M
    AP (November 04, 2009)
    WASHINGTON (AP) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a settlement worth more than $700 million over federal regulators' charges that it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.
     
  • Prosecutors: Madoff accountant to enter plea
    AP (October 30, 2009)
    NEW YORK (AP) - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's longtime auditor is expected to plead guilty next week in a cooperation deal, federal prosecutors told a judge Friday.