SEC sees surge in fraud tip-offs: report
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seen a surge in tip-offs concerning alleged corporate fraud as the Financial Reforms Act offers millions of dollars in bounty payments to whistleblowers, the Wall Street Journal said.
07 September 2010 - Share
Judge denies bail for former Enron CEO Skilling: court document
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge on Friday denied bail for former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, according to a court document.
03 September 2010 - Share
Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show.
03 September 2010 - Share
Judge's report favors Kuwait's Agility
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Prosecutors failed to follow the correct process when they indicted Kuwait logistics company Agility for alleged fraud over multibillion dollar contracts, a U.S. magistrate judge said.
03 September 2010 - Share
Ex-Goldman programmer wins partial dismissal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed part of a criminal case accusing a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programer of stealing proprietary computer code from the bank's lucrative high-frequency trading platform.
03 September 2010 - Share
Australian companies face investor lawsuits
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian miner Fortescue Metals and three other local blue-chip firms faced the prospect of messy law suits on Friday, with aggrieved investors engaging lawyers in their efforts to recoup or prevent losses.
03 September 2010 - Share
Ex-hedge fund manager charged with insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former hedge fund manager has been accused by a U.S. regulator of illegal insider trading in MedImmune Inc securities prior to the acquisition of the pharmaceutical company by Britain's AstraZeneca Plc.
01 September 2010 - Share
Apollo Group faces lawsuit alleging false statements
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Apollo Group Inc and several of its top executives have been slapped with a class action lawsuit for allegedly making misleading statements about the for-profit education company's operations.
31 August 2010 - Share
Chinese man charged with stealing U.S. trade secrets
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chinese scientist has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets from an Indiana agricultural company where he worked developing organic insecticides, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
31 August 2010 - Share
Facebook CEO: Keep private life out of lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a huge chunk of the popular social networking website is seeking to uncover unnecessary details about his private life to harass him.
31 August 2010 - Share
