Congress has decided to protect fraudsters from investors. It's supposed to be the other way around.
The clock is running down on home purchasers looking to qualify for a hefty tax break. But a new proposal in Congress would cut these buyers -- and those who lend to them -- a little slack.
Barbara Jones sentenced the former WorldCom boss to a long stretch in prison. But attorneys say she's lenient to those who cooperate
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. announced today that it has hit Citigroup Global Markets Inc. with a monetary sanction for supervisory violations relating to its handling of trust funds belonging to cemeteries in two states.
The securities regulator aims to boost transparency -- and curb conflicts of interest -- in the $2.8T municipal issuance industry
Regulator charged McGinn Smith with “misusing” investors' funds in the sale of $89 million in private notes
The teen game platform omgpop.com offers some useful lessons on how to get market participants to change their behavior.
The U.S. House approved legislation to extend unemployment insurance, restore some tax breaks and raise taxes on managers of buyout funds and other investment partnerships.
Finra is adopting a more “laserlike focus” on fraud, Rick Ketchum, CEO and chairman of the securities industry's self-regulator, said this morning in Baltimore at its annual conference.
Finra is proposing registration requirements for some back-office supervisory positions.
Kenneth I. Starr sentenced to more than seven years in jail for fraud; clients included Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes
Kenneth I. Starr, the money manager who pleaded guilty to fraud in September, should stay in jail until he's sentenced because of a series of e-mails in which he expressed “extraordinary contempt” for his brothers, who would guarantee his bail, U.S. prosecutors argued.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued an attorney for Kenneth Starr, claiming he helped the former New York money manager steal more than $25 million from investors.
Kenneth Starr, who pleaded guilty in September in a $59 million fraud case, was sued by Bank of America Corp. over an unpaid $500,000 debt.
Money manager Kenneth I. Starr faces a Nov. 1 criminal trial on charges that he defrauded his celebrity and socialite clients of at least $59 million.
The receiver for firms once controlled by jailed money manager Kenneth I. Starr sued filmmaker Martin Scorsese and his production company for about $600,000.
Kenneth I. Starr knew how to cultivate relationships with powerful people, and he did it in the most transparent way -- by serial name-dropping.
Kenneth Starr, the investment adviser accused in a criminal indictment of stealing at least $59 million from clients, was sued by City National Bank, according to state court records in New York.
Kenneth Ira Starr, the New York investment adviser who represented actors Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, was indicted for stealing at least $59 million from clients, almost double the amount previously thought. <b><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&Dato=20100527&Kategori=FREE&Lopenr=527009999&Ref=PH>Starr studded: Adviser's celebrity client list</a></b>
