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NASAA Summarizes Recent Enforcement Trends
17 October 2018
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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The North American Securities Administrators Association
("NASAA") identified recent enforcement trends in an
annual summary of enforcement actions.
In the 2018 Enforcement Report, NASAA highlighted that in
2017:
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roughly 8,000 complaints were received and approximately 5,000
investigations initiated;
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almost $486 million was returned to investors; and
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coordinated enforcement efforts served to maximize NASAA's
collective ability to protect the investing public.
Further, NASAA identified a large increase in enforcement
actions against unregistered individuals and firms and that seniors
remained a primary target of investment fraud. NASAA also noted an
increase in enforcement focus on suspect initial coin offerings and
other investments involving cryptocurrencies.
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