June 16, 2014
Posted January 26, 2016
Albany, N.Y.-based hedge fund advisory firm Paradigm Capital Management and owner Candace King Weir agreed to pay $2.2M to settle charges of engaging in prohibited principal transactions and then retaliating against the employee who reported the trading activity to the SEC. This is the first time the SEC has filed a whistleblower retaliation case under its new authority to bring such enforcement actions under the Dodd-Frank Act. SEC
Tagged in: Regulatory Violations, Retaliation, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,