Steward Partners has added the Poljak Group to its quick-growing list of firms.

The settlement between the SEC and Chistoper Hibbard comes several months after he was sentenced to more than eight years in jail for defrauding numerous clients.

The DOJ charged Eddy Blizzard with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The alleged crime caused the victim's house to go into foreclosure.

The mergers, acquisitions and advisor moves you may have missed the week of April 12 to 16, 2021.

Bentley Blackmon and Phillip Worthen launch Naviter Wealth with the help of two former Envestnet executives.

Betterment, Skience and Docupace filled out their C-suites, while Snappy Kraken closed a Series A round of funding and Envestnet deepened its Practifi partnership.

As chair of Maryland's Financial Consumer Protection Commission, Gary Gensler advocated for a client-first fiduciary standard for broker/dealers as well as 'anyone who holds themselves out as an advisor.'

As Blucora continues to face a proxy battle with activist investor Ancora, its former CEO, John Clendening, accuses the company of filing false statements.  

Madoff died in federal prison, where he was serving a 150-year term for defrauding clients of more than $19 billion in the largest Ponzi scheme in history.