Fraud | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/fraud/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:05:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Fraud | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/fraud/ 32 32 Private equity exec charged with fraud https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/private-equity-exec-charged-with-fraud/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:05:10 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527869 Investors falsely offered exposure to pre-IPO companies, U.S. authorities allege

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]]> Fintech execs allegedly duped private equity firm https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fintech-execs-allegedly-duped-private-equity-firm/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:27:44 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527683 U.S. authorities allege that execs raised US$20 million in venture funding

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]]> FCA fines lender £44m for anti-crime control failings https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fca-fines-lender-44m-for-anti-crime-control-failings/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:19:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527673 Firm self-reported weaknesses in controls, beefed up compliance

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]]> Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for US$40B stablecoin fraud https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/crypto-mogul-do-kwon-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-us40b-stablecoin-fraud/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:54:29 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527603 Kwon pleaded guilty in August to fraud charges

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]]> CSA, CIRO launch scam website takedown https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/csa-ciro-launch-scam-website-takedown/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:23:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527553 Regulators attack scourge of online scams at the source

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]]> U.S. charges Canadian in alleged crypto Ponzi scheme https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/u-s-charges-canadian-in-alleged-crypto-ponzi-scheme/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:19:12 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527453 SEC, DoJ allege that scheme started on social media

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]]> Crypto platform facilitated criminal activity: DoJ https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/crypto-platform-facilitated-criminal-activity-doj/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:05:35 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527442 Platform didn't collect KYC data, apply money laundering rules

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]]> Canada’s crypto tax crackdown reaps millions — but no criminal charges yet https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/canadas-crypto-tax-crackdown-reaps-millions-but-no-criminal-charges-yet/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:36:51 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527208 More than $100M in unpaid taxes on crypto collected in the last three years

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]]> Rep sanctioned in SEC fraud case https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/rep-sanctioned-in-sec-fraud-case/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:09 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527052 Investors misled about rep's trading success, disciplinary history

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]]> Crypto fraud fight targets web, apps, social media https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/crypto-fraud-fight-targets-web-apps-social-media/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:51:43 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=526925 Tech companies pulled into effort to tackle large scam operations

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