US Securities and Exchange Commission

Russian crook made $90M exploiting stolen info on Tesla, Roku, Avnet, Snap, more

Undisclosed earnings reports swiped, exploited

Cyber-crime15 Feb 2023 | 4

Activision-Blizzard pays $35m to send SEC away, Microsoft merger still in doubt

Allegations of stifled whistleblowing and disclosure failures end with no admission of guilt, as usual

Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 5

Lawyers slam SEC for 'blatant fishing expedition' after Exchange mega-attack

Not a 'whiff of wrongdoing' here, says attorney now fighting off Uncle Sam

Security12 Jan 2023 | 4

SEC: Startup had 'no functional streaming service', raised $1.3m anyway

Asks Florida judge to sanction 'American-Latino centric version of Netflix’ for alleged fraud

Legal22 Dec 2022 | 12

FTX CTO and Alameda Research CEO admit fraud, pair 'cooperating' with Feds

Samuel Bankman-Fried in FBI custody to face court 'as soon as possible'

Networks22 Dec 2022 | 57

SEC charges crew of social media influencers with $100m fraud

Defendants allegedly 'discussed their scheme’ in recorded chats on Discord and Twitter that ‘they believed were private’

Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 19

Broker-dealers can stop burning records to CD, but they don’t have to, says SEC

New-fangled cloud storage now an option. What's that internet app the kids are all using again? Whatsupp?

Storage14 Oct 2022 | 12

Financial watchdogs want to know what traders are talking about on WhatsApp

Keen interest in messaging platform follows $2 billion fines in US

Security13 Oct 2022 | 29

Oracle pays $23 million to SEC to settle bribery charges

India, Turkey, UAE subsidiaries set up slush funds to bribe 'foreign officials' says watchdog

Databases27 Sep 2022 | 8

Boeing to pay SEC $200m to settle charges it misled investors over 737 MAX safety

Ex-CEO also on the hook for $1m after skipping over known software issues

Software23 Sep 2022 | 42

Morgan Stanley fined $35m after hard drives sold with customer info still on them

Encryption? Data destruction? Bueller?

Storage20 Sep 2022 | 28

SEC says brokerage accounts hijacked for $1.3m pump-and-dump scam

18 people and businesses charged, one giant web of connections

Cyber-crime16 Aug 2022 | 3

US authorities threaten Alibaba with NYSE delisting

Strike one: Amazon rival's audits apparently haven't satisfied the SEC

Legal01 Aug 2022 | 23

Bogus cryptocurrency apps steal millions in mere months

As if the crypto world needs any help in making money vanish

Cyber-crime18 Jul 2022 | 21

Datacenter operator Switch hit with claims it misled investors over $11b buyout

Complainants say financial projections were not disclosed, rendering SEC filing false and misleading

Systems01 Jul 2022 |

How can we make the VC world less pale and male, Congress wonders

'Combating tech bro culture' on the agenda this week for US House committee

Legal29 Jun 2022 | 23

Musk can't tweet about Tesla without lawyer approval – and he's still fighting to end that

By free speech, he means freedom to flip the bird at the SEC

Bootnotes15 Jun 2022 | 48

Musk repeats threat to end $46.5bn Twitter deal – with lawyers, not just tweets

Right as Texas AG sticks his oar in

Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 33

SEC probes Musk for not properly disclosing Twitter stake

Meanwhile, social network's board rejects resignation of one its directors

Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 19

Appian awarded over $2b after claiming Pegasystems stole its data

Low-code platform providers' legal tussle ends with 'largest damages award in Virginia state court history'

Legal10 May 2022 | 19

SEC adds Tencent, JD.com, China Mobile to group facing potential delisting

US requires a bit more transparency than some Chinese tech companies are giving

Legal05 May 2022 | 3

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global reveals SEC probing its IPO

US regulator looking into alleged 'misstatements' and 'omissions' related to June 2021 USA float

Legal04 May 2022 | 3

SEC nearly doubles cryptocurrency cop roles in special cyber unit

Policing digital assets sounds more Mission Impossible than NCIS

Cyber-crime03 May 2022 | 6

Uncle Sam probes Activision for any insider trading

Troubled games maker reveals investigation amid Microsoft takeover

Personal Tech18 Apr 2022 |

Elon Musk won't join Twitter's board after all

Management promises it will keep listening, and Elon shows no sign of going quiet

Personal Tech11 Apr 2022 | 49

Block claims ex-employee downloaded customer data after leaving firm

Leak highlights worker offboarding policies as SaaS use grows

Security06 Apr 2022 | 10

Baidu added to list of Chinese companies facing US stock exchange delisting

Vid-streamer iQIYI also earns a place

SaaS31 Mar 2022 |

SPAC sponsors could soon be held liable for over-hyping to investors

US watchdog may do something about so-called blank-check IPO capers

Legal30 Mar 2022 | 9

Three Twilio developers charged with insider trading

Crew alleged to have banked over $1m thanks to pandemic-induced usage bumps

Legal29 Mar 2022 | 11

Weibo faces US stock exchange delisting

China's Twitter analog is latest in SEC crosshairs over audits

Legal24 Mar 2022 | 3

SEC proposes four-day rule for public companies to report cyberattacks

And it'll be in an 8-K for all to see

Security09 Mar 2022 | 3

BitConnect boss accused of $2.4bn crypto-Ponzi fraud has disappeared

Where in the world is Carm, sorry, Satish Kumbhani?

Personal Tech02 Mar 2022 | 30

Study says SEC 10-K not fit for purpose when it comes to Big Tech, and the companies are using that to their advantage

Regulatory body needs method to account for business models that monetize free services

Off-Prem14 Dec 2021 | 9

The SEC is investigating whistleblower claims that Tesla was reckless as its solar panels go up in smoke

Tens of thousands of homeowners and hundreds of businesses were at risk, lawsuit claims

On-Prem06 Dec 2021 | 5

Now America's financial watchdog probes 'frat house' Activision Blizzard

Plus: Chief Legal Officer exits as court battles loom

Personal Tech21 Sep 2021 | 3

SEC takes legal action after crowdfunded marijuana investment scheme appears to go up in smoke

Platform and individuals charged in first case of its kind

Legal21 Sep 2021 | 19

Twitter offers to cough up 80 days of annual sales to settle 'false' user count lawsuit

Web biz proposes $800m to disappear accusations of over-promising audience size to investors

Personal Tech20 Sep 2021 | 4

App Annie fined $10m by the SEC for deceptive practices around how it presented data

Analytics firm will neither admit nor deny the findings

Legal15 Sep 2021 | 6

Crypto-coin startup said its bot could generate huge profits from your Bitcoin. It was a scam, says SEC

Founder and promoter accused of running 'Ponzi-like scheme'

Personal Tech03 Sep 2021 | 30

SEC still digging into SolarWinds fallout, nudges undeclared victims

US markets watchdog sniffs around potential insider trading, data violations relating to hack

Security22 Jun 2021 | 6

School teacher accused of pocketing $1m+ in insider trading using tips from Silicon Valley pal

One of six guys charged over Infinera, Fortinet securities

Security16 Jun 2021 | 10

You were supposed to be watching him. Letters from SEC claim Tesla breached deal to police Elon Musk's tweets

2020 missives from American securities regulator to car firm revealed

Offbeat02 Jun 2021 | 17

Cisco reveals a probe of 'self-enrichment scheme' involving ex-employees in China

Also lifts lid on allegations former workers paid staffers of 'state-owned enterprises'

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 3

SEC: If you want to easily crowdfund investment in your business, knock yourself out, all the way to $5m

Rules loosened by regulator, concerns raised they favor the rich

Science04 Nov 2020 |

Former antivirus baron John McAfee collared, faces extradition to America on tax evasion, securities allegations

He paid more or less than $750, though?

Security06 Oct 2020 | 111

SEC drags Silicon Valley AI upstart to court over claims of made-up revenues, investors swindled out of $11m

No, surely not, no way, we're utterly shocked

AI + ML22 Jul 2020 | 3

Never thought we'd write this headline: Under Siege Steven Seagal is not Above The Law, must fork out $314,000 after boosting crypto-coin biz

D-list cinematic eye-gouger catches heat for million-dollar funbucks bung

Science27 Feb 2020 | 41

Fake docs rock real docs: Ex-Wall St guy accused of conning medics out of £27m for bogus cryptocurrency fund using faked paperwork

He spent the dosh on himself rather than invest it as promised, prosecutors claim

Science12 Feb 2020 | 26

IT isn't supposed to stand for Insider Trading... Palo Alto Networks sysadmin and pals accused of $7m shares caper

Techie allegedly fed secret financial info to buddies ahead of public release

Networks18 Dec 2019 | 11

Colorado cryptocoin execs spark up blunt '$722m ponzi scheme' criminal charges after investments go up in smoke

Dude, pass the indictment

Science11 Dec 2019 | 13

Infosys confirms SEC probe, says India's SEBI also wants a word

Plus a class action sueball – it's been a busy 24 hours for Indian outsourcer

On-Prem24 Oct 2019 | 1

WeWork, but We don't IPO: Self-styled techie boarding house calls off cursed stock offering

The worst thing to happen to them since the last thing

On-Prem30 Sep 2019 | 41

Cryptocurrency lovers slip US watchdog $7m to make claims of ripping off investors, other rule breaking simply vanish

Meanwhile, SEC takes on Kik on similar charges

Science13 Aug 2019 | 3

US insurers face SEC probe over web-access bungle that exposed 'up to 885 million' files

But it claims just 32 people had 'non-public' info disclosed. Eh?

Security13 Aug 2019 | 18

While on his way to the clink, IT consultancy big cheese will cough up that $2.9m he embezzled

Nandu Thondavadi reaches agreement with America's financial watchdog

On-Prem31 Jul 2019 | 5

Delicious irony: Hacked medical debt collector AMCA files for bankruptcy protection from debt collectors

The tables are turned, database tables that is

Security18 Jun 2019 | 36