DSA president, Alison Jimenez, was interviewed by ABC news for a story on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program. The EB-5 program allows immigrant investors to apply for permanent residence if they make an investment of $500,000 in a commercial enterprise that creates or preserves 10 jobs for US workers. The EB-5 program is the US-equivalent more »
Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.’s president, Alison Jimenez, wrapped up 2018 with two very different presentations. In October, Ms. Jimenez participated as a private sector representative invitee at the 2018 Department of Defense/United States Special Operations Command Counter Threat Finance Working Group. The CTF Working Group topic was The Evolution of Counter Threat Finance. In November more »
The SEC filed a complaint on 12/20/2017 against Robert Shapiro the former CEO of the Woodbridge Group, alleging he operated a $1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Per the complaint: Beginning in July 2012 through December 4, 2017, Defendant Robert H. Shapiro (“Shapiro”) used his web of more than 275 Limited Liability Companies to conduct a more »
Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc. in partnership with Jordan Maglich of PonziTracker.com published interactive analytics of alleged Ponzi schemes revealed and Ponzi-related prison sentences for 2016. Key Take-Aways: 59 new alleged Ponzi schemes were revealed in 2016. This is down from 61 schemes uncovered in 2015 and 70 schemes in 2014. However, the $2.3 billion more »
Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc. (“DSA”) reviewed the SEC’s and FINRA‘s 2017 exam priorities letters to identify AML areas of focus. There are a few areas where the two regulators’ priorities overlap: suspicious activity monitoring, cyber security and elder financial exploitation. The focus on elder abuse is a new area for the SEC this year whereas more »
FINRA and the SEC recently released their respective 2016 exam & regulatory priorities. DSA reviewed the priorities for topics that directly or indirectly touch on AML issues. While there is overlap in the areas of cybersecurity, market manipulation and microcap securities, the two regulators diverge on other AML priorities. DSA prepared the comparison below: more »
