The Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened a preliminary investigation into JPMorgan’s accounting practices and public disclosures about the trades.

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DealBook: S.E.C. Opens Investigation Into JPMorgan’s $2 Billion Loss

A bill the House passed last week to make it easier for companies to raise money could also make it easier for companies to cheat investors, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says. Read full article > >

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JOBS Act could remove investor protections, SEC chief says

Even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments.

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S.E.C. Is Avoiding Tough Sanctions for Large Banks

A former Securities and Exchange Commission official has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for going through the revolving door and working with an alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind Robert Allen Stanford after allegedly taking part in SEC decisions not to investigate Stanford, the Justice Department said Friday. Read full article > >

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Ex-SEC official fined for taking job with alleged Ponzi schemer

Companies and other defendants found guilty in criminal proceedings will no longer be able to settle parallel SEC actions with a provision that says the defendant neither admits nor denies wrongdoing, the SEC said Friday. The change leaves intact the Securities and Exchange Commmission’s general policy of letting defendants in its civil or administrative enforcement actions settle without admitting or denying wrongdoing . Read full article > >

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SEC changes settlement rules for companies found guilty of crimes

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Company fall on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on fears the utility provider may be nationalised.

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Tepco dips on state control fears

Prosecutors presented new evidence Monday that appears to link Pfc. Bradley Manning to a massive leak of government material to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, including the existence of computer chat logs between Manning and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange discussing the exchange of government information. Read full article > >

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Bradley Manning case: Investigators show evidence of WikiLeaks link, Assange chats

The Americans camping out at the London Stock Exchange

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The Americans occupying the London Stock Exchange

Victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have reacted angrily to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision not to fire any employee over the agency’s failure to stop the massive fraud. “It’s pouring salt in the wound,” said investor Stephanie Halio. “I think it’s pathetic.” The penalties the agency meted out — including pay cuts, demotions, counseling and suspensions of up to 30 days — are “pitifully too little, too late,” Halio said. Read full article > >

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Madoff victims enraged at SEC’s decision to keep employees who failed to stop fraud

Insider trading is illegal — except for members of Congress. A Wall Street executive who buys or sells stock based on insider information would face a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and quite possibly a federal prosecutor. But senators and congressmen are free to legally trade stock based on nonpublic information they have obtained through their official positions as elected officials — and they do so on a regular basis. Read full article > >

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Crony capitalism exposed

The Securities and Exchange Commission , which failed to stop Bernard Madoff’s long-running investment fraud despite repeated warnings , has disciplined eight agency employees over their handling of the matter but did not fire anyone, according to a SEC spokesman. A ninth employee, who was facing a potential seven-day suspension, resigned before disciplinary action was taken, spokesman John Nester said. Read full article > >

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Eight SEC employees disciplined on failure to stop Madoff fraud

Understanding the exchange of a single Israeli prisoner for 1,027 Palestinians.

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Magazine Preview: Gilad Shalit and the Rising Price of an Israeli Life

Investors lost more than $700 million in a deal in which they were allegedly defrauded by Citigroup, much more than the $285 million the SEC is willing to accept to settle its case against the firm , according to a court document filed Monday. It is a “reasonable to estimate” that investors’ losses or expected losses from the transaction exceed $700 million, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in the filing. But all of those losses are “not necessarily” the result of Citigroup’s alleged misconduct, the SEC said. Read full article > >

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Investors lost $700M in Citigroup deal, SEC says

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s largest provider of credit ratings, may face U.S. regulatory sanctions in connection with its rating of a $1.6 billion collateralized debt obligation in 2007. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Wells notice may lead to the agency’s first action against a ratings firm for giving top grades to mortgage-backed securities before they plummeted in value. McGraw-Hill, S&P’s parent company, said in a regulatory filing Monday that it received the notice Thursday that the SEC may seek penalties including disgorgement of fees related to a collateralized debt obligation known as Delphinus CDO 2007-1. Read full article > >

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S&P may face SEC sanctions over CDO

Under intense scrutiny from congressional critics and a probing inspector general, current and former Securities and Exchange Commission officials have been lawyering up, sometimes at their own expense. The practice reflects the highly charged atmosphere at the SEC and one of the costs of government service when investigations can put careers, reputations and more on the line. Read full article > >

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