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Madoff and the SEC – a Postscript

by Brian Mahany Critics of the SEC have long complained about the way the SEC mishandled the Bernie Madoff affair. Missed opportunity is an understatement. Time and time again, whistle blowers warned...

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Judge to SEC – I’m Not Your Handmaiden

by Brian Mahany Anyone interested in knowing about whistleblowers and the law should visit whistlewatch.org.  That is the website of Whistle Watch – the Brown Center for Public Policy organization, an...

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SEC Asks For More Power

by Brian Mahany At the same time U.S. District Court Judge Rakoff rejected a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup, SEC chairwoman  Shapiro asked Congress for the ability to impose higher...

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SEC’s New Approach to Enforcement

by Brian Mahany It’s easy to pick on the SEC… just think Madoff and all the times that the agency failed to heed warning signs and whistleblowers in that case.  Since then, the SEC has rolled out a...

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Unregistered Broker Caught… Again

by Brian Mahany The ink isn’t even dry on my last post about the SEC’s new initiative to ferret serial fraudsters and now a story from the Texas State Securities Board. Regulators in the lone star...

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“Naming Names” or Blowing Smoke? Either Way, It’s Great Entertainment

by Brian Mahany Two days before Christmas we posted a story about convicted Ponzi schemer (and disbarred lawyer) Scott Rothstein. Back then he said he was going to name names in a bid to reduce his...

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FINRA Notifies Brokers of “Heightened Supervision of Complex Products”

by Brian Mahany The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a formal notice to stockbrokers earlier this week. The notice (12-03) advises of “heightened supervision” of complex financial...

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Zealous Legal Advocacy or Criminal Conspiracy?

by Brian Mahany A recent Reuters article sheds light on how Sir Allen Stanford was able to avoid detection and arrest for well over a decade. When finally arrested in 2009, Stanford was believed to...

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SEC to Pay Whistleblowers In Insider Trading Case

by Brian Mahany Insider trading cases have been quite the buzz on Wall Street in recent years. Several well known traders and hedge fund managers have gone to prison after being caught using inside...

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Unauthorized Trading – A Serious Problem

by Brian Mahany No matter how many rules and regulations, securities fraud remains a big problem. Most cases involve unsuitable investment recommendations but unauthorized trades are a close second. An...

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Detroit Metro Bribery Scandal? Again? (Whistleblower Reward Post)

Airport construction contracts can involve billions of dollars. Much of that money comes from taxpayers. As I write this post from LaGuardia Airport, a billboard boldly claims that the new LGA makeover...

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Cryptocurrency by the Numbers

Statistics can be fascinating. Today we are bombarded with almost too much data and information. By using statistics, we can better digest that information and bring order to raw data. Of course, with...

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FLSA Update – Supreme Court and Class Action Waivers

The Supreme Court’s recent Murphy Oil decision regarding class action waivers is a disaster for American workers and those that believe in good corporate governance. Last week a closely divided court...

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Autism, Medicare Fraud & Applied Behavioral Analysis

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 1 out of 59 American children are autistic. Hundreds of thousands school age children have autism, a range of conditions characterized by...

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Who Took My Cheese? ($100,000 Reward Offer)

Is McDonald’s Cheese Overcharge Suit a Tort Reformists’ Conspiracy? Florida Attorney John Uustal Is Offering a $100,000 Reward to Find Out  You’ve probably already heard about it. Somebody is going to...

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Takata Court Restitution Fund Update

Special Master Overseeing $1 Billion Restitution Fund Issues Report [Ed. Note: This post discusses the efforts of the criminal case against Takata to secure monies for victims of defective Takata...

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Price Manipulation Investigation

$1.6 Million Award for Information! Seeking Whistleblower with Inside Information about Price Manipulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Unsecured Bonds The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a...

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$24 Million Mini-Fridge? Defense Contractor Spending Run Amok

$24 Million Dollar Refrigerators…Seeking Defense Spending Whistleblowers It wasn’t too many years ago we were reading about defense contractors charging $900 for a hammer and $2000 for a toilet seat....

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Takata Airbag Recall Update – Do More People Have to Die?

Feds Want Answers Why Automakers Stalling with Replacement Airbags The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is asking tough questions of automakers and why they are dragging...

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Air Ambulance Kickback Investigation

Many years ago, I worked as a sheriff’s deputy and K9 handler in the north Maine woods. If you were severely injured, the nearest level one trauma center was hours away. For a logger severely injured...

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