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Fort Lauderdale Securities Fraud Criminal Defense Attorney.

Securities Fraud Criminal Defense For

Misrepresentation to investors
Insider trading
Questionable grants of stock options to executives
Questionable timing of stock option grants
Improper account of stock options
Questionable timing of executive stock sales
Investment advisor misconduct
Unsuitable investments
Using offshore accounts to inflate reported assets
Stock embezzlement
Filing false quarterly or annual reports
False press releases
Promise of exaggerated returns on investments

Are you being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraudulent activity?

If the SEC determines during this investigation that securities fraud was they wil move to the next step and initiate an enforcement action. This  action  is usually  taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and an Assistant US Attorney is generally assigned to the case. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act governs these situations in terms of enforcement and penalties.

The primary Securities Fraud Statute 18 U.S.C. §1348.

Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—
(1) to defraud any person in connection with any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or any security of an issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
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) or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
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(d)); or
(2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, any money or property in connection with the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or any security of an issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
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) or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
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(d));
shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 107–204, title VIII, § 807(a), July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 804; amended Pub. L. 111–21, § 2(e)(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1618.)

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