Risk

In hindsight, Sam Bankman-Fried's April interview with Bloomberg's "Odd Lots" podcast was a harbinger of his epic collapse last week. He described a "box" that has value only because other people put money in it, and, when confronted with the idea that he described a Ponzi scheme, admitted there was a "depressing amount of validity" to that.

CapWealth Advisors founder Tim Pagliara said a federal jury sided with the firm because its clients had, in fact, paid lower overall fees on their mutual funds.

Consumer advocates cheered the outcome of the case and the regulator's enforcement push in recent years. Commonwealth's case is still pending.

An attorney for Keith Todd Ashley said he plans to appeal his fraud conviction and plead not guilty to capital homicide.

The firm's latest supervisory case involving its oversight of former brokers comes as regulators and client attorneys have more tools under the 2-year-old rule.

In a panel at PIABA's annual conference, the head of the regulator's arbitration program discussed how the bombshell case has led to reforms.

Securities America has paid more than $15 million in an SEC case and settlements with the fraud victims of Hector May and his daughter, Vania May Bell.

A Centaurus financial advisor racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra commissions through sales of pricey products, the regulator says.

A basic scam victimizing a client who has since been diagnosed with dementia evaded any red flags for eight years, according to the SEC.

A $775,000 settlement for Waddell & Reed relating to its pre-LPL days displays how the regulator is ramping up enforcement of such cases, experts said.