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SEC charges New York-based investment advisor with fraudulent management of CDOs tied to mortgage-backed securities

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2010

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged ICP Asset Management LLC, a New York-based investment advisor, its founder, Thomas Priore, and two other affiliated firms (together, ICP) for defrauding "four multi-billion dollar collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) by engaging in fraudulent practices and misrepresentations," improperly obtaining "tens of millions of dollars in advisory fees and undisclosed profits at the expense of their clients and investors

FFIEC releases white paper on detection and deterrence of mortgage fraud against financial institutions

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2010

Today, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released The Detection and Deterrence of Mortgage Fraud Against Financial Institutions: A White Paper, which was produced by the July 13-24, 2009 FFIEC Fraud Investigations Symposium

Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on mortgage fraud

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2009

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled, "Mortgage Fraud, Securities Fraud, and the Financial Meltdown: Prosecuting Those Responsible."

Senate Committee hears testimony on SEC's failure to identify Madoff Ponzi scheme

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 12 2009

On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC’s Failure to Identify the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme and How to Improve SEC Performance.”

House Subcommittee hears testimony on foreclosure rescue fraud

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled, "Legislative Solutions for Preventing Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud."