Former Goldman Sachs Trader Settles Fraud Charges

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  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Press Release
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    Former Goldman Sachs Trader Settles Fraud Charges
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    2016-163
    Washington D.C., Aug. 16, 2016
    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the former head trader in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) at Goldman Sachs has agreed to be barred from the securities industry and pay $400,000 to settle charges that he repeatedly misled customers and caused them to pay higher prices.

    An SEC investigation found that Edwin Chin generated extra revenue for Goldman by concealing the prices at which the firm had bought various RMBS, then re-selling them at higher prices to the buying customer with Goldman keeping the difference. On other occasions, Chin misled purchasers by suggesting he was actively negotiating a transaction between customers when he was merely selling RMBS out of Goldman’s inventory.

    “With no public exchange showing the price for each RMBS trade as it occurs, investors purchasing these securities rely on dealers to be honest about the purchase price they paid,” said Michael J. Osnato, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit. “Chin repeatedly abused his fundamental duty to serve as an honest transmitter of market information so he could increase Goldman’s trading profits and, indirectly, his own compensation.”

    The SEC’s order finds that Chin’s misconduct began in 2010 and continued until he left Goldman in 2012. Without admitting or denying the findings, Chin agreed to the entry of the order finding that he violated Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5. He agreed to pay $200,000 in disgorgement, $50,000 in prejudgment interest, and a $150,000 penalty.

    The SEC’s continuing investigation has been conducted by Andrew Feller, David London, and Heidi Mitza, and the case has been supervised by Celia Moore and Michael Osnato. The SEC appreciates the assistance of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP).
     
  2. Treating your customers like retarded children is the NKI
     
  3. zdreg

    zdreg

    why isn't goldman paying a penalty for failing to supervise etc.?
     
  4. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    He's a managing director at a pretty large hedgefund. So I think he's doing okay.
     
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  5. zdreg

    zdreg

    obviously you are not familiar with the concept of failure to supervise. the firm has a legal responsibly for the actions of its employees. it seems they both need to be penalized.
     
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  6. money trumps compliance
    when you pay 400
    and continue to make > 400
    supervise shmoopervise
     
  7. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    obviously you don't have basic comprehension skills.

    I wasn't responding to your comment about goldman sachs. I merely made a statement that the trader in the article is now at a large hedgefund and is probably doing pretty well financially.

    So Mr Comprehension, what does the hedgefund he currently is at have to with failure to supervise?
     
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  8. zdreg

    zdreg

    look at how your remark was positioned. don't personalize. it shows what you are made of. you are a winner. you have found soul mate,Rationalize. have fun.
     
  9. something like
    two Eskimos can't be wrong
     
  10. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Funny. I copied the format of your own post. What does that say about you?

     
    #10     Aug 16, 2016