- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2021-11-05T19:29:00
Electric semitruck startup Nikola has set aside $125 million for a potential settlement with the SEC regarding fraud allegations raised in a short-seller report in September 2020.
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Electric semitruck startup Nikola agreed to pay $125 million to settle charges brought by the SEC for defrauding investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements, and commercial prospects.
Lucid Group said it received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning its special purpose acquisition company merger this summer.
Trevor Milton, the founder and former CEO of electric truck startup Nikola, was indicted and charged with fraud regarding inaccurate information he shared about the company in media appearances and on social media.
Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
