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  • January 23, 2025

    Fla. Court Urged To OK $2.75M For Moving Co. Fraud Victims

    Two receivers appointed to recover funds in a moving company Ponzi scheme targeting the Haitian community urged a Florida federal court on Thursday to approve a first-round distribution of $2.75 million to refund losses, although the judge overseeing the case said the amount represents a fraction of what defrauded victims lost.

  • January 23, 2025

    Trump Forms Crypto Working Group To Create Fed. Framework

    President Donald Trump took another step towards fulfilling his campaign promises to the cryptocurrency industry on Thursday with an executive order that directs regulators to get to work establishing a federal framework for digital assets and prohibits the creation of a central bank digital currency.

  • January 23, 2025

    Shift4 Gets Accounting Practices Investor Suit Axed For Good

    In an opinion permanently dismissing a class action against Shift4 Payments Inc., a Pennsylvania federal judge rhetorically asked what changed from the first amended complaint that accused the payment processing company of engaging in questionable accounting practices to keep its stock price afloat.

  • January 23, 2025

    Advanced Auto Parts Gets Brakes Tapped On Investor Suit

    Advanced Auto Parts beat back a proposed class action on Thursday that accused the company and its top brass of misleading investors about the failure of a new pricing strategy and purposefully inflating the impact of price reductions, with a North Carolina federal judge finding that the suit failed to plead knowledge of wrongdoing.

  • January 23, 2025

    AI Chatbot Co. CEO, Atty Spouse Indicted On $60M Fraud

    Federal prosecutors in California arrested the former CEO of an artificial intelligence company Thursday alongside his lawyer wife, accusing the duo of a $60 million fraud scheme in which they allegedly lied to investors about the company's financial state and diverted funds to pay for their wedding.

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