- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2023-11-03T18:00:00
The president and chief compliance officer of investment adviser Prophecy Asset Management misled investors about more than $350 million in losses while pocketing millions in management and incentive fees, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
John Hughes and his associates at Prophecy, which advised hedge funds and reported more than $500 million in assets under management, misled investors, auditors, and the funds’ administrator about the funds’ trading practices, risk, and performance, the SEC alleged in its complaint, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
In a related matter, Hughes pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud., the Department of Justice announced.
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Brooge Energy agreed to pay $5 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission resolving fraud charges related to a scheme to inflate revenues.
SkiHawk Capital Partners won the dismissal of fraud claims against it, another investment adviser, and their owners and managers by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The chief compliance officer of a defunct pharmacy holding company was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud earlier this year.
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Purported “testimonial and review” service Rytr agreed to stop selling its program that used artificial intelligence to create fake content as part of a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission.
Bank of America avoided a monetary penalty in agreeing to settle charges with the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency but was ordered to shore up previously disclosed deficiencies in its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) and sanctions compliance programs.
