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Carl Icahn on July 15, 2015.
CORPORATE RAIDED

Trump Ally Carl Icahn Pays Fine for Taking Out Secret Loans

Even at 88, Icahn still strikes fear into the heart of Wall Street for his hard-earned reputation as one of the most ruthless ‘corporate raiders.’

Will Neal

A photo of Donald Trump
BLEEDING CASH

Filings Reveal Trump’s Truth Social Lost $58 Million in 2023

The social network, which has been valued at $8 billion, went public last week.

Josh Fiallo

A photo of Donald Trump typing something on his cellphone while on the golf course.
MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS

Trump Scores Lucrative Media Merger Amid Massive Money Woes

The windfall, however, may come too late to solve Trump’s immediate financial issues.

Justin Rohrlich

The SEC is looking at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s internal communications as part of a probe into whether the company’s investors were misled, according to a report.
ASKING QUESTIONS

OpenAI Probed by SEC After CEO’s Short-Lived Ouster: WSJ

The regulator is apparently investigating if the ChatGPT maker’s investors were misled.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Steven Meiner, mayor of Miami Beach, Florida
DIGGING DEEPER

Miami Beach Mayor Reportedly Faces Sexual Harassment Probe

Steven Meiner allegedly pursued multiple women he worked with at the SEC, telling them he wanted to have affairs.

Amanda Yen

digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is displayed in front of Securities and Exchange Commission
💎🤲

SEC OKs Bitcoin ETFs in Milestone for Crypto Accessibility

The expected move comes a day after the regulator’s X account was hijacked, briefly rocking the markets with a fake notice that the ETFs had been approved.

AJ McDougall

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‘COMPROMISED’

SEC: Our X Account Was Hacked to Spread Fake Bitcoin News

The message that the regulator had approved bitcoin ETFs for trading sent the markets into a frenzy, with prices briefly surging.

AJ McDougall

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire, Nov. 11, 2023.
YUGE

Trump’s Truth Social Has Lost $31 Million Since Launch

It’s taken just two years to burn through eight figures.

Dan Ladden-Hall

The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
THE WOLF OF BARBADOS

Fraudster Posed as Wall Street Mogul to Swindle $3.5M: SEC

He even allegedly compared his sham investment strategy to the movie “The Big Short”, promising a “catastrophic” global market event that his investors could profit from.

Erik Uebelacker

Three investors have been charged by the SEC with insider trading in the IPO for Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social.
ANTI-SOCIAL

Investors in Truth Social Deal Charged With Insider Trading

The SEC accused three venture capitalists involved in the IPO for Trump’s Twitter knockoff of making $23 million off of non-public intel.

William Bredderman

People watch as the logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021.
TAKING ACTION

SEC Sues Coinbase, Claims It Operated as Unregistered Broker

The complaint against the biggest crypto exchange in the U.S. comes the day after charges were brought against the biggest exchange in the world.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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