Fraud | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/fraud/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:14:38 +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 As layoff loomed, exec turned to insider trading https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/as-layoff-loomed-exec-turned-to-insider-trading/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:00:43 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=529100 Former senior executive pleaded guilty to trading ahead of deteriorating results

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]]> A bit of good news for Bridging investors https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/a-bit-of-good-news-for-bridging-investors/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:58:24 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=529028 Adjudicator rejects $213M claim against Bridging flagship fund

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]]> Former fund rep fined, banned in used car scheme https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/former-fund-rep-fined-banned-in-used-car-scheme/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:30:52 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=529018 Investors lost $9.8M on investment that turned out to be a fraud

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]]> FINRA seeks ‘speed bumps’ to guard against fraud https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/finra-seeks-speed-bumps-to-guard-against-fraud/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:28:44 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528908 SRO proposes added measures to protect investors from exploitation

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]]> The banker, the brothers, the friends and their frauds https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/the-banker-the-brothers-the-friends-and-their-frauds/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:05:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528817 SEC, DoJ charge six in market manipulation, insider trading schemes

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]]> Suspect in Desjardins data leak involving 9.7 million members arrested in Spain https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/suspect-in-desjardins-data-leak-involving-9-7-million-members-arrested-in-spain/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:37 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528788 40-year-old Canadian man faces fraud, identify theft charges

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]]> Class action over Teachers’ FTX loss dropped https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/class-action-over-teachers-ftx-loss-dropped/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:46:44 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528687 Pension giant to disclose changes to venture investing process

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]]> SEC charges seven groups in alleged crypto confidence scam https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sec-charges-seven-groups-in-alleged-crypto-confidence-scam/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:45:26 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528405 Retail investors targeted by so-called investment groups on social media

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]]> Whistleblower rewards out of fashion with U.S. regs https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/whistleblower-rewards-out-of-fashion-with-u-s-regs/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:00:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528233 CFTC pays second award of 2025, SEC's payouts out of the spotlight

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]]> SEC sanctions Canadian over pump-and-dumps https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sec-sanctions-canadian-over-pump-and-dumps/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:39:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528204 Accountant allegedly found assets used to lure investors to schemes

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