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Financial and Investment Fraud

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July 19, 2021

UBS Financial Services Inc. will pay $8 million to resolve claims of compliance failures with respect to the sale of an exchange-traded product designed to track short-term volatility expectations in the market as measured against derivatives of a volatility index. UBS placed restrictions on the sale of the product to brokerage customers, but did not place similar restrictions on activity by financial advisors, and failed to monitor concentration limits on volatility-linked ETPs. SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Regulatory Violations,

July 14, 2021

Following a lawsuit filed by the FTC in 2018, online lender LendingClub has agreed to pay $18 million to settle claims of deceiving consumers about hidden fees, misrepresenting consumers’ approvals for loans, and withdrawing money from consumer bank accounts without authorization.  In addition to the monetary penalty, LendingClub is now required to clearly and conspicuously disclose all fees, as well as the total amount of funds being borrowed.  FTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Misrepresentations,

July 13, 2021

Joel Jerome Tucker, the principal in payday loan business eData Solutions, LLC and related entities, was ordered to pay $8.1 million in restitution to the IRS and sentenced to 12.5 years in prison following his conviction on charges related to his fraudulent sale of non-existent payday loan portfolios and the failure by him and his companies to file federal income tax returns or pay taxes.  Tucker used nominee bank accounts to conceal income and assets and owed taxes, penalties, and interest of more than $12 million.  In addition, in 2020, Tucker fraudulently obtained a $20,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan.  USAO WD MO

Tagged in: COVID-19, Criminal Proceedings, Financial and Investment Fraud, Tax Fraud,

July 13, 2021

Special purpose acquisition corporation Stable Road Acquisition Company, its CEO Brian Kabot, and the SPAC’s proposed merger target Momentus Inc. will collectively pay penalties of $8 million to resolve charges that Momentus, a space transportation company, and its CEO Mikhael Kokorich, misrepresented the company's technology and ability to secure required governmental licenses, and that Stable Road repeated those misleading statements in public filings associated with its proposed merger with Momentus.  Stable Road claimed to have conducted extensive due diligence of Momentus, but it never reviewed the results of Momentus’s in-space test or received sufficient documents relevant to government licensing issues and, in particular, national security risks associated with Kokorich. SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

July 13, 2021

A subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has agreed to pay $97 million in restitution and make significant reforms to settle charges for making misleading statements and failing to disclose conflicts of interests to tens of thousands of customers.  Between 2012 and 2018, advisors with TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC (TC Services) pressured customers—many of them teachers and public sector employees—to move their investments from low-cost employer-sponsored retirement plans to higher-cost individually-managed accounts, which generated hundreds of millions of dollars in fees for TIAA.  NY AG; SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Misrepresentations,

July 12, 2021

A non-bank institution in Georgia called GreenSky, LLC has been ordered to refund or cancel up to $9 million in fraudulent loans, pay a $2.5 million civil penalty, and implement new procedures to prevent future financial abuse.  According to the CFTC, GreenSky’s inappropriate and ineffective controls enabled third-party merchants to take out loans on behalf of thousands of consumers without their knowledge or authorization.  In addition to the financial resolution, GreenSky is now required to verify consumer identities and confirm authorizations before activating or disbursing loans, implement a consumer complaint management program, and properly oversee third-party merchant partners.  CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Regulatory Violations,

July 2, 2021

Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson of Sweden has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $16 million, including several properties and a resort in Thailand, in one of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes ever prosecuted in the United States.  Starting in 2011 until his arrest in Thailand in 2019, Karlsson induced thousands of investors from around the country and over 45 countries around the world to use cryptocurrency to purchase shares in an entity he called Eastern Metal Securities, by falsely claiming that it was run by award-winning economists and had zero risk of loss.  He then misappropriated at least $1.5 million to fund a lavish lifestyle for himself.  USAO NDCA; DOJ; SEC

Tagged in: Criminal Proceedings, Cryptocurrency, Financial and Investment Fraud, Ponzi Schemes,

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