Whistleblower News: SEC Awards More Than $5M To Whistleblower, SEC Charges Genesis And Gemini, New Jersey Company Agrees To Pay $1.89M To Settle Allegations That It Overbilled United States

SEC Awards More Than $5 Million to Whistleblower

SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $5 million to a whistleblower whose information led to a successful SEC enforcement action. read more »

SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini for the Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Securities through the Gemini Earn Lending Program

SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Genesis Global Capital, LLC and Gemini Trust Company, LLC for the unregistered offer and sale of securities to retail investors through the Gemini Earn crypto asset lending program. Through this unregistered offering, Genesis and Gemini raised billions of dollars’ worth of crypto assets from hundreds of thousands of investors. Investigations into other securities law violations and into other entities and persons relating to the alleged misconduct are ongoing. read more »

New Jersey Company Agrees to Pay $1.89 Million to Settle Allegations that it Overbilled United States

DOJ

A shipping company has agreed to pay $1.89 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the United States for freight services that were never performed and improper markups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. read more »