Paul Kwak conspired with others to fraudulently apply for business assistance from the Economic Impact Disaster Loan program.

But the existential threat to the regulator remains unresolved.

The agency’s moral authority may be eroded by how aggressively it has fined institutions for behavior everyone else thought was legal. Pushback may follow.

Jonathan Vincent Glenn faces 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal securities fraud charges.

In public comment letters, Morningstar and others urge the SEC to consider revising Reg BI instead of crafting new regulations. However, investor protection advocates say the rule is needed to safeguard consumers.

Justin Maher agreed to a 12-month suspension for not informing Northwestern Mutual of his involvement in co-founding a crypto asset eventually promoted by Kim Kardashian, Paul Pierce, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and other celebrities.

The SEC had not — until now — permitted such funds to trade.

Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin fined the company $750,000 for the alleged lapses.

The firms, ranging from broker/dealers and dual registrants to affiliated investment advisors, include Interactive Brokers, Nuveen Securities and Baird, among others, and are similar to 2022 charges against Wall Street firms resulting in $1.1...

The accusations against five of the firm’s reps arrives several months after FINRA barred the firm from the industry for numerous alleged violations, including against the SEC's Regulation Best Interest rule.