The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s primary privacy and data security enforcer, released its annual report highlighting its privacy and data security work for 2018. The FTC’s privacy and security enforcement actions in 2018 included shutting down revenge porn website MyEx.com, approving a settlement with peer-to-peer payment service Venmo over deceptive privacy settings, approving an […]
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Counterfeit Cashier’s Checks of the First National Bank of Elmer, Elmer, NJ
Alert 2019-2| March 13, 2019 Share This Page: To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel The […]
FTC to Hold July 2019 Workshop on Product Repair Restrictions, Seeks Research in Advance
Staff of the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on July 16, 2019 to examine ways in which manufacturers may limit third-party repairs and is seeking research focused on such limitations. Nixing the Fix: A Workshop on Repair Restrictions will focus on how manufacturers may limit repairs by consumers and repair shops and whether […]
William Neil “Doc” Gallagher, Gallagher Financial Group, Inc., and W. Neil Gallagher, Ph.D. Agency, Inc.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has charged Texas resident William Neil “Doc” Gallagher-the self-styled “Money Doctor” featured on three Dallas-area radio stations-in an emergency action to shut down a $19.6 million Ponzi scheme targeting elderly investors’ retirement funds. The SEC also charged Gallagher Financial Group, Inc. and W. Neil Gallagher, Ph.D. Agency, […]
Investor Bulletin: The Escheatment Process
The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide basic information about the escheatment process for investment accounts. What is Escheatment? The term escheatment refers to the process of turning custody of abandoned assets or accounts over to a state authority. Investment accounts that are held with a broker-dealer or […]
River North Equity LLC, Edward M. Liceaga, Michael A. Chavez, NanoTech Entertainment, Inc., NanoTech Gaming, Inc., David R. Foley, Lisa L. Foley, Jeffrey A. Foley, and Bennie L. Blankenship
On March 11, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against nine individuals and companies in a multi-million dollar stock distribution and market manipulation scheme involving two microcap companies, NanoTech Entertainment, Inc. and NanoTech Gaming, Inc. The SEC’s complaint alleges that David R. Foley, the founder of the NanoTech companies, orchestrated a scheme to […]
FTC to Mail Refund Checks to Victims of Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
The FTC will be mailing refund checks totaling more than $644,000 to people who lost money to a get-rich-quick scheme that falsely claimed they could earn significant money working online by using products marketed as “secret codes.” The refunds stem from a settlement with the operators of the Mobile Money Code scheme, which also used […]
FTC Submits Annual Budget Request, Performance Plan and Performance Report to Congress
The Federal Trade Commission has submitted to Congress its Fiscal Year 2020 budget request in support of the President’s FY 2020 budget for the federal government. The budget request also includes the FY 2020 Budget Overview Statement, Performance Plan for FY 2019 and FY 2020, and Performance Report for FY 2018, as required under the […]
TSX Delisting Review – UrtheCast Corp. (UR)
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Revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income and Other Regulatory Reports
FIL-12-2019 March 8, 2019 Revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income and Other Regulatory Reports Printable Format: FIL-12-2019 – PDF (PDF Help) Summary: The banking agencies, under the auspices of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), have finalized revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) and certain other […]