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Department of Justice Reaches Landmark Agreement to Improve Missoula County Attorney’s Office’s Response to Reports of Sexual Assault
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The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a comprehensive agreement with the Missoula County Attorney’s Office, as well as Missoula County, Montana, and the Montana Attorney General’s Office, to resolve the department’s investigation of alleged gender bias in the prosecution of sexual assaults by the Missoula County Attorney’s Office (MCAO). Under this first-of-its-kind agreement, MCAO and the county agree to take a number of significant steps to improve MCAO’s response to allegations of sexual assault and eliminate discrimination and gender bias.
Fund Manager Arrested and Charged in $17 Million Ponzi Scheme
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A five-count indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court charging James M. Peister, a fund manager who resides in St. James, New York, with securities, wire, and mail fraud in connection with his operation of a $17 million Ponzi scheme. The defendant is in custody and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco at the United States Courthouse in Central Islip, New York. In addition, the government seized the defendant’s Hummer sport utility vehicle and seeks to forfeit the home in St. James, New York, he paid for with the victims’ investments.
SEC Announces Charges Against Wedbush Securities and Two Officials for Market Access Violations
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a Los Angeles-based market access provider and two officials accused of violating the agency’s market access rule that requires firms to have adequate risk controls in place before providing customers with access to the market.
SEC Charges New York-Based Dark Pool Operator With Failing to Safeguard Confidential Trading Information
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based brokerage firm that operates a dark pool alternative trading system with improperly using subscribers’ confidential trading information in marketing its services.
Detention of Human Rights Lawyer and Journalist in Swaziland
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The United States is deeply concerned by the continued detention of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu in the Kingdom of Swaziland. Maseko and Makhubu were first arrested in March and are being held on charges of contempt of court for publishing an article critical of the High Court of Swaziland.
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