Category: Securities and Exchange Commission
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All the ex-president’s men* at Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Members of Congress – Democrats and Republicans – have expressed concerns about Jared Kushner’s acceptance of a $2-billion investment from Saudi Arabia in his private equity firm shortly after he left the White House. But ex-President Donald Trump’s son-in-law isn’t the only former government official now working for Sunny Isles Beach’s Affinity Partners using a legal loophole to avoid having to register as a foreign agent -
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Appeals court’s ruling in favor of ex-U.S. Rep. David Rivera may be fatal to FEC’s mission
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When a federal appeals court threw out the Federal Election Commission’s $456,000 judgment against former Republican Miami congressman David Rivera last week, it may also have inflicted a mortal blow to the FEC. -
SEC accuses financial empire of Florida Panthers owners Viola, Cifu of fraud
By Dan Christensen
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Pension fund says FL Panthers owner Viola used control of Virtu to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from public investors
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, Vincent Viola, is at the center of a Delaware lawsuit that alleges he’s used his control of a large publicly traded financial services company to improperly divert hundreds of millions of dollars to himself, his family and his cronies. -
Miami billionaire fined in pump-and-dump stock scheme looks to cash in on COVID-19 testing
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Billionaire philanthropist and Opko Health CEO Phillip Frost, fined for his role in a pump-and-dump-stock scheme, is betting his Miami-based company can capitalize on the burgeoning market demand for coronavirus testing. -
Bye-Bye to Florida’s blind trust law and the protections it gave to Rick Scott and his vast wealth
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
To little notice last week, the Legislature voted unanimously to repeal Florida’s failed blind trust statute – a short-lived law best known for allowing Republican Rick Scott to shield tens of millions of dollars of his assets from public view, while also immunizing him from numerous conflicts of interest as governor.
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