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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Supreme Court raises concerns with federal government agencies’ penalties versus right to jury trial

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building is pictured on May 4, 2021, in Washington. U.S. regulators on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack. Detected in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack penetrated U.S. government agencies, including the Justice and Homeland Security departments, and more than 100 private companies and think tanks. It was a rude wake-up call on the perils of neglecting cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

U.S. regulators sue SolarWinds and security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Elon Musk vs. the SEC

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

SEC seeks court order to make Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter acquisition

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In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gensler, now chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, gave a speech Wednesday, June 9, 2021, where he once again decried “gamified” investing. Many trading apps use features that encourage customers to make trades more often. That brings in more revenue for the apps but some research also suggests it leads to lower returns for the average investor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Democrats tell SEC to greenlight climate rule, end ‘continued delay’ over politics

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. The SEC adopted rules Wednesday, July 26, 2023, to require public companies to disclose within four days all cybersecurity breaches that could affect their bottom lines. Delays will be permitted if immediate disclosure poses serious national security or public safety risks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

New SEC rule requires public companies to disclose cybersecurity breaches in 4 days

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Illustration on cooperation with communist China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s financial regulators give China-backed brokers a hand, but who is surprised?

By Lee Zeldin

Man previously convicted for Ponzi scheme charged with running a new Ponzi scheme

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The mobile phone icon for the Coinbase app is shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging Coinbase with operating its crypto asset trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

SEC brings charges against cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

The mobile phone icon for the Coinbase app is shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging Coinbase with operating its crypto asset trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

SEC sues Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, over improper registration

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Republicans ratchet up probes into Biden energy officials, climate policies

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

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California brokers charged in gold, silver investment fraud

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters in Washington is seen, June 19, 2015. A bipartisan group of more than a two dozen lawmakers are asking the SEC to put the brakes on an initial public offering by Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein until it verifies it does not use forced labor from the countrys predominantly Muslim Uyghur population. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Securities and Exchange Commission awards record $279 million to whistleblower

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Illustration on the SEC and climate change by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

SEC’s climate distraction

By David McGarry

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington. Securities regulators wants to make sure publicly traded companies recover any executive compensation that’s awarded based on financial statements that are found to contain errors. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, that it has adopted a rule that calls on national securities exchanges to require the companies whose stock they list to comply with the new compensation clawback policy. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC consults fraudulent company on cost expectations for ESG-related climate rules

By Ganon Evans

The Coinbase app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Coinbase’s stock is tumbling before the market open on Thursday, March 23, after the cryptocurrency trading platform received a warning from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could possibly face securities charges. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Coinbase tumbles after SEC warns of securities violations

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Actress Lindsay Lohan appears at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York, Feb. 9, 2023. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, March 22, that Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims that they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

SEC charges eight celebrities in cryptocurrency scam

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Actress Lindsay Lohan appears at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York, Feb. 9, 2023. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, March 22, that Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims that they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Lindsay Lohan, other celebs settle with SEC over crypto case

By Alex Veiga - Associated Press

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington is pictured on Aug. 5, 2017. The government on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, charged eight men of earning more than $100 million in stock market profits by manipulating their novice-investor followers on social media. The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said that from early 2020 to around April of this year the men, who had combined following of over 1.5 million on Twitter, ran a “pump-and-dump” scheme. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

Data management company to pay $3 million in settlement with feds over 2020 ransomware disclosures

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington is pictured on Aug. 5, 2017. The government on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, charged eight men of earning more than $100 million in stock market profits by manipulating their novice-investor followers on social media. The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said that from early 2020 to around April of this year the men, who had combined following of over 1.5 million on Twitter, ran a “pump-and-dump” scheme. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

Greenbrier firm and former CEO settle perks and payments charges with feds

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times