German court reopens market manipulation probe into former Volkswagen chief
GERMAN authorities have reopened a criminal investigation into Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen until he was toppled by the 2015 emissions-rigging scandal...
Spoofing to boost returns for clients
EVERY so often retail investors in Singapore are greeted by news of market manipulation in the capital market. The Straits Times reported...
Are Russian oil prices being rigged?
IN 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) grabbed international attention by investigating the manipulation of Libor, Euribor, and other interest-rate benchmarks...
Vietnam police probe possible stock market manipulation
VIETNAM’S police are investigating transactions made by foreign investors concerning listed domestic lender Eximbank in the first weeks of this year as...
Swindlers list: White-collar criminals who went big – and paid big
AT THE centre of a US$1.1 billion scam, deemed by prosecutors as one of Singapore’s largest investment fraud schemes, stands alleged nickel...
Prosecutors seek 40-year jail sentence for penny stock crash mastermind, 19½ years for ex-girlfriend
PROSECUTORS are asking for a jail sentence of 40 years for John Soh Chee Wen, the mastermind of Singapore’s biggest case of...
Japan’s securities watchdog recommends punishment for SMBC Nikko
JAPAN’S securities watchdog on Wednesday (Sep 28) recommended punishment of SMBC Nikko Securities, the brokerage unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG)...
Hedge fund co-founder Neil Phillips charged with market manipulation
THE arrest of Glen Point Capital co-founder Neil Phillips for alleged foreign-exchange market manipulation threatened to ripple across the hedge fund industry...
Manipulating the market via multiple accounts
IN 2013, Singapore-listed Blumont Group, Asiasons Capital, and LionGold Corp were suspended from trading following a collapse in their share price. This...
Preventing the next stock heist means beating the cyborgs
David Griffiths