CCO Liability

Seth Leyton aided and abetted a scheme to defraud investors that involved obtaining either CMOs or cash to purchase CMOs. The defendants obtained more than ...

Former CCO Meredith Simmons shares her lessons learned following an SEC enforcement action

“I would strongly recommend never finding yourself in a position where you’re alone with the exam staff." She wished she would have asked the firm’s ...

"We notice on exams when firms hire someone for the role to check the box but do not support or empower them.  We notice when ...

Goulding commingled in the same bank accounts moneys belonging to himself, Nutmeg, and the Funds

Commissioner declares CCO liability concerns have increased over the past two years

Guidance needed on decisions to charge and not to charge CCOs

"So a compliance officer who, outside of her compliance functions, directly violates provisions of the securities laws is liable the same way anyone else would ...

The settlement asserts Meredith Simmons shared the document with OCIE examiners without divulging when she really created it

Although Haupt conducted certain reviews of GGHC’s trading in 2017, she conducted no reviews for excessive trading or the impact of GGHC’s trading strategies or ...