Juniper Settles Fraud Charges Brought by Commission

SEC Files Action to Halt it

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant has selected three professional accounting fellows for two-year terms beginning this fall:

Retail Investors May Soon Have 'Rich New Source of Investing Information'

SEC Charges Additional Brocade Executive for Role in Stock Option Backdating Scheme

Investors Injured in Banc One Investment Advisors Market Timing Fraud Get Fair Fund

The Securities and Exchange Commission today (August 9) announced the filing of a civil injunctive action against former senior officials of Nicor, Inc., a major Chicago-area natural gas distributor, alleging financial fraud lasting from 1999 to 2002.

Bank Holding Company to Pay $8.5 Million Civil Penalty

Commission’s Seniors Summit to Be Held Sept. 10

Division of Corporation Finance Deputy Director Marty Dunn to Leave SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today (August 3) that a federal jury found Michael J. Pietrzak and Maurice W. Furlong liable for securities fraud and other charges in their operation of Hexagon Consolidated Companies of America, Inc. (HCCA), a development stage mining company headquartered in Reno, Nev. Pietrzak was HCCA's general counsel, CFO, and executive secretary, as well as a director. Furlong was HCCA's chairman, president and CEO.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a London, England resident with insider trading ahead of the July 14, 2006, announcement that San Diego-based Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. would be purchased by two private equity firms.