Securities and Exchange Commission

Kroll continues search for missing Morgan Stanley hard drives 

Corporate investigations group Kroll is helping Morgan Stanley to find a number of old servers and hard drives, which have resulted in online data leaks. These leaks resulted in a major class action case being brought against the banking group.

Former FBI deputy Timothy Murphy takes on fight against short-selling attacks 

Tracking illegal short selling for Genius Group is the latest private sector job for the former FBI senior official, who has reaped profits from cyber to crypto. His new appointment has bestowed gravitas on the Singaporean education technology firm which was reeling from its volatile stock.

FTX collapse sparks jitters in due diligence world 

Cryptocurrency platform FTX's bankruptcy filing in November has delivered a blow to the corporate intelligence world, whose pre-investment due diligence for clients of Sam Bankman-Fried's company has been found wanting.

Sport big data giant Sportradar, private investigator for Germany's antidoping watchdog 

The company, which specialises in collecting and analysing sport data, has been growing its investigations and compliance practice. With the help of former British intelligence officers, it monitors doping, match fixing and online betting fraud.

Spire exploits third party data for its Dynamic AIS system 

In the wake of its stock market listing, AIS satellite ship monitoring firm Spire has partially lifted the lid on how it obtains data for its Dynamic AIS system.

Washington sharpens legal weapons against Beijing in global telecoms war 

Congress is building a legislative arsenal to undercut Beijing's telecoms ambitions in the US and globally, with the help of the intelligence community.

Guidepost supports Cognizant in case against its former general counsel accused of corruption 

Anti-corruption investigations often create a conflict between the firm and its management involved in the case. But few of these turn as bitter as the dispute between Cognizant and its former legal counsel Steven Schwartz.

K2 expert and JS Held come to SEC's aid in case against Queens real estate tycoon 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused property developer Richard Xia of pocketing $229m from real estate scams in New York. Financial intelligence consultants are helping to investigate the securities fraud case.

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Under pressure from DoJ, cryptocurrency sector beefs up financial intelligence 

In response to increased scrutiny by US authorities, cryptocurrency platforms and suppliers are strengthening their internal teams, with outside help from old and new compliance experts.

NSO forges ahead with IPO plans 

Despite its media woes, NSO Group is preparing its listing on the Tel Aviv stock market at a valuation that may be higher than before the recent hail of bad publicity.

Cyber experts get into cryptocurrency investigation 

Washington's battle against the use of illicit cryptocurrencies has opened up a burgeoning new marketplace. A host of private companies have sprung up to assist the SEC, the IRS and federal agencies in fighting cryptofraud.

Kai-fu Lee invests in AI from Beijing to Abu Dhabi  Free

Kai-fu Lee's Sinovation Ventures, which invests significantly in China's artificial intelligence industry, has recruited another veteran of US tech while keeping its options open in Abu Dhabi.

Tarek Fouad appeals verdict in Qatari military case 

Still at war with the Qatari armed forces and Digital [...]

BlockTrace follows Chainalysis into crypto-currency investigation 

The timely launch of BlockTrace, a startup founded by a former Chainalysis Head of Training, comes as the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and other police agencies are looking for solutions in this area.

Fraud bounty hunters 

In comng weeks the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [...]