Category: Capital Markets

SEC’s Tax Avoidance Approach to Disgorgement is a Win

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been awarded a substantial win in its civil enforcement action against Samuel Wyly and Donald R. Miller, Jr. as the Independent Executor of the Will and Estate of Charles J. Wyly Jr. (the “Wylys”). The Court ordered the Wylys to pay $188 million plus pre-judgment interest associated with …

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SEC Can’t Agree Regarding Penalty for Fraudulent Revenue Recognition

A settlement agreement has been reached In the Matter of Lynn R. Blodgett, Adm. Proc. File No. 3-16045 (August 28, 2014) despite internal dissent on the part of the Securities Exchange Committee (“SEC”) as to the appropriate penalty. The circumstances involve a financial fraud action against two executives at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (“ACS”), Lynn Blodget, the …

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