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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

US Securities and Exchange Commission

The seal of the US Securities and Exchange Commission is seen at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
September 13, 2024, 5:37 pm
Israeli-founded crypto platform eToro to pay $1.5m to settle charges with SEC
American users will only be able to trade Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ether, have 180 days to sell other crypto assets; eToro neither admits nor denies wrongdoing
By ToI Staff
The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego (AP/Gregory Bull)
August 23, 2022, 7:45 pm
Twitter’s ex-security chief calls its negligence a ‘threat to national security’
Peiter Zatko, who was fired earlier this year, says social media platform ‘significantly underestimated’ automated bots in whistleblower testimony likely to boost Elon Musk lawsuit
By AFP
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on December 1, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP)
February 18, 2022, 10:04 am
Tesla’s Elon Musk slammed for comparing Canada’s Trudeau to Hitler in tweet
Post likening prime minister to Nazi leader over COVID rules deleted after outcry; tycoon also raises hackles with claim regulators ordering ‘unfounded’ probes into his company
By AFP
Employees of JMRB Media recruit new employees at an "Israel Multilingual Job Fair" in Tel Aviv, January 29, 2016 (Facebook screenshot)
July 29, 2021, 3:14 pm
2 North American ‘idealistic immigrants’ charged with close to $50 million fraud
US Securities and Exchange Commission alleges US-Israeli Ronn Ben Harav and Canadian-Israeli Jonathan Mimun owned and ran binary options websites that stole retirees’ savings
By Simona Weinglass
Employees of Liantech, the company behind Lbinary and Ivory Option, enjoying a poolside employee party on August 7, 2016 (Facebook)
September 8, 2020, 12:54 am
‘Why so little?’ victim asks, as SEC settles $5m. Israel fraud case for $1.2m
The SEC alleged Israeli binary options company Lbinary defrauded investors out of $5 million, but settled the case for a quarter of that. US victim says he hopes it’s not over
By Simona Weinglass
Lemonade's Shai Wininger at the Tel Aviv offices of the insurance firm, December 20, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 9, 2020, 11:28 am
Online insurer Lemonade files for New York initial public share offering
Lemonade’s tech allows users to insure their homes by replacing agents with artificial intelligence and bots
By Shoshanna Solomon
Screen capture from a video featured in a September 27, 2018 SEC complaint against allegedly fraudulent affiliate marketers for binary options companies (YouTube)
September 29, 2018, 11:33 pm
In latest crackdown, US goes after marketers of Israeli Internet fraud
SEC and CFTC file enforcement claims against US-based marketers of get-rich-quick dreams who steered victims to Israel-based binary options scammers
By Simona Weinglass
In this November 1, 2017 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
March 3, 2018, 4:15 am
SEC dropped inquiry a month after firm aided Kushner company
No evidence of quid pro quo deal, but ethicists caution Trump adviser and son-in-law against meeting with bankers who are loaning money to his family’s business
By Stephen Braun, Bernard Condon and Tami Abdollah
A man walks under the Mobileye logo in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 19, 2017, 2:14 pm
SEC expands probe into Mobileye insider-trading charges
Calcalist: The SEC has requested international assistance for the two insider-trading cases it is investigating regarding Israel’s Mobilieye
A man walks under the Mobileye logo in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 24, 2017, 8:07 pm
Two Israelis accused of Mobileye insider trading
US securities authority says Amir Waldman, Ariel Darvasi made $5m buying stocks just before $15b. Intel buyout announcement
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from a 2013 promotional video for Banc de Binary (Youtube)
January 11, 2017, 6:35 pm
Major Israeli binary firm, Banc de Binary, lays off employees, said to be shutting down
Blacklisted and fined in several countries, company has voluntarily renounced its Cyprus regulation; some insiders speculate it will relocate to eastern Europe and operate under a different name
By Simona Weinglass
EZTD logo
November 17, 2016, 3:16 pm
Israeli binary options firm to repay money it fleeced from 4,000 American victims
EZTD, which runs the EZTrader and GlobalOption websites, will return $1.5 million to clients and pay $200,000 SEC fine
By Simona Weinglass
A Jerusalem branch of Bank Hapoalim. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 10, 2015, 7:16 pm
Bank Hapoalim sets aside cash to cover US probe costs
Bloomberg: Israel’s second largest bank has a big American bill to pay, so it’s laying off workers
The CyberArk team (photo credit: Courtesy)
June 25, 2014, 5:46 pm
Cyber-protection firm CyberArk files for IPO
The cybersecurity firm’s technology protects vulnerable ‘privileged accounts’ from hack attacks
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of an oil rig (photo credit: Dwight Burdette/Wikimedia Commons/File)
From the WebApril 29, 2014, 12:43 pm
Och-Ziff falls on report saying firm financed Africa deal
Businessweek: An Israeli billionaire’s loans from a US hedge fund has attracted the attention of US regulators
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