SEC-PR-2401 Press Releases for the month of December, 2024 (SEC News) DATE TITLE DOC# Dec. 20, 2024 Tai Mo Shan to Pay $123 Million for Negligently Misleading Investors About Stability of Terra USD Misleading Investors / Crypto Assets / 2024-212 Dec. 20, 2024 SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule 2024-211 Dec. […]
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(CFPB-PR-241205.2) (12-05-24) CFPB Announces Return of $1.8 Billion in Illegal Junk Fees to 4.3 Million Americans Harmed in Massive Credit Repair Scheme – Payments to victims of Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com are the largest-ever distribution from the CFPB’s victims relief fund Excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is distributing $1.8 billion to […]
(CFPB-PR-241205.1) (12-05-24) CFPB Takes Action Against Climb Credit and Investment Firm 1/0 for Deceiving Borrowers About Coding Bootcamps and Vocational Programs – Companies illegally lured students in with false promises of quality education and job placement success stories Excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against student lender Climb Credit […]
CFPB-PR-241204-2 (12-04-24) CFPB Bans Student Loan Pro and Owner for Fee Harvesting Scheme – Company unlawfully charged upfront fees to borrowers for accessing free debt relief programs Excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action to permanently ban Student Loan Pro and Judith Noh, its owner, from offering or providing consumer […]
CFPB-PR-241204-1 (12-04-24) Agencies Issue Statement on Elder Financial Exploitation Excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five federal financial regulatory agencies, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and state financial regulators issued a statement (PDF 11-pages) today to provide supervised institutions with examples of risk management and other practices that may be effective in combatting elder financial exploitation. Older adults […]
SEC-PR-2024-189 (12-03-24) (T) SEC Charges Kiromic BioPharma and Two Former C-Suite Executives with Misleading Investors about Status of FDA Reviews – SEC declines to impose civil penalties against company due to its self-reporting, remediation, and cooperation. (A) SEC-PR-2024-189 (C) SEC-PR-2412 / Disclosure Failures (S) https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-189
CFPB-PR-241203-1 (12-03-24) CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies – Rule seeks to protect Americans from crime and illegal foreign surveillance Excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell Americans’ sensitive personal and […]
FTC-PR-241202-1 (12-02-24) FTC Issues Annual Report on Ethanol Market Concentration 2024 Excerpt: The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2024 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in the ethanol production industry “to determine whether there is sufficient competition among industry […]
SEC-PR-2024-188 (11-27-24) SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors Excerpt: Washington D.C., Nov. 27, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 14 soliciting entities, two impersonators of genuine firms, and four […]
FTC-PR-241127-1 (11-27-24) FTC Takes Aim at Top Fraud Driving Losses Among Older Americans – FTC expands Telemarketing Rule to cover technical support scams, which drove $175 million in losses among consumers 60 and older last year Excerpt: The Federal Trade Commission has approved final amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that will extend the rule’s coverage to […]