Month: August 2018

Municipal bonds and compliance were key issues for Enforcement this week. The Commission brought four actions against twenty defendants centered on the fraudulent purchase of municipal bonds. Specifically, the cases allege “flipping” schemes in which the defendants gamed the offering …

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While the Commission has limited jurisdiction over municipal bonds it has, nevertheless, brought a series of actions in the area. For example, in 2016 the agency crafted a highly successful cooperation initiative, offering those involved in certain types of misconduct, …

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