Defendant Name:
        
        CIBC World Markets Corp.
    
    Defendant Type:
    
        Subsidiary of Public Company
    
    
        Public Company Parent:
        
            Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Inc.
        
    
    
        SIC Code:
        
            6029
        
    
    
        CUSIP:
        
            13606910
        
    
    Initial Case Details
    
    
        
            Legal Case Name
        
        
            In the Matter of Canadian Imperial Holdings, Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp.
        
    
    
        First Document Date
        20-Jul-2005
    
    
        Initial Filing Format
        Administrative Action
    
    
        File Number
        3-11987
    
    
        
            Allegation Type
        
        Broker Dealer
    
    
     
    
        Violations Alleged
            
            
            
                    
                
                    
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                    Sec 17(a) (Not specified)
                
             
            
                    
                
                    
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                    Sections 7(c), 11(d) Exchange Act; Rules 10b-3, 17a-3 Exchange Act; Rule 22c-1 Investment Company Act; Regulation T promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board
                
             
     
    
        Resolutions
        
            
                First Resolution Date
            
            
                20-Jul-2005
            
        
            
                
                    Headline Total Penalty and Disgorgement
                
                
                
                    See Related Documents
                
             
     
    
        Related Documents:
            
                
33-8592                
                
                    20-Jul-2005
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Making Finds, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 203(e) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Sections 9(b) and 9(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                
            
                On July 20, 2005, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Canadian Imperial Holdings Inc. ("CIHI") and CIBC World Markets Corp. ("World Markets"), which are subsidiaries of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Inc. According to the SEC: "CIHI and World Markets, which are subsidiaries of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Inc. ('CIBC'), participated in a scheme to defraud numerous mutual funds and their shareholders through late trading and deceptive market timing.... More specifically, CIHI and World Markets engaged in three types of conduct that violated the federal securities laws: a) CIHI financed hedge fund customers while knowing the hedge funds would use the leverage to late trade and deceptively market time mutual funds; b) CIHI provided, and World Markets arranged, improper financing for market timing hedge fund customers in violation of the margin and extension of credit requirements; and c) a team of World Markets registered representatives ('RR') enabled numerous customers to late trade and deceptively market time mutual funds."
            
            
                
34-61142                
                
                    10-Dec-2009
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment
                
            
                On December 10, 2009, the SEC issued a Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment.
            
            
                
                    Proposed Plan of Distribution
                
            
                On December 10, 2009, a Proposed Plan of Distribution was published.
            
            
                
34-61568                
                
                    23-Feb-2010
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Approving Plan, Appointing a Fund Administrator, and Waiving Bond
                
            
                On February 23, 2010, the SEC issued an Order Approving Plan, Appointing a Fund Administrator, and Waiving Bond. The SEC's Order approved J.H. Cohn LLP as the Fund Administrator. Previously, on July 20, 2005, the SEC instituted a settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against CIBC World Markets Corp. and Canadian Imperial Holdings Inc. The SEC alleged "violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the market timing and late trading by the Respondents."  
            
            
                
34-65697                
                
                    07-Nov-2011
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Directing Disbursement of Fair Fund 
                
            
                On November 7, 2011, the SEC ordered that "the Commission staff shall transfer $43,841,607.64 of the Fair Fund to US Bank and the Fund Administrator shall distribute such money to Recipient Funds, as provided for in the Distribution Plan." 
            
            
                
34-65798                
                
                    21-Nov-2011
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Directing Disbursement of Fair Fund
                
            
                On November 21, 2011, the SEC ordered that "the Commission staff shall transfer $45,850,882.68 of the Fair Fund to US Bank and the Fund Administrator shall distribute such money to Recipient Funds, as provided for in the Distribution Plan." According to the SEC: "The validated Payee List for the second distribution in the amount of $45,850,882.68 has been received and accepted." 
            
            
                
34-65892                
                
                    05-Dec-2011
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Directing Disbursement of Fair Fund
                
            
                On December 5, 2011, the SEC ordered that "the Commission staff shall transfer $43,686,848.61 of the Fair Fund to US Bank and the Fund Administrator shall distribute such money to Recipient Funds, as provided for in the Distribution Plan." According to the SEC: "The validated Payee List for the third distribution in the amount of $43,686,848.61 has been received and accepted." 
            
            
                
                    Notice of Name Change of Appointed Tax Administrator
                
            
                On June 30, 2017, the SEC announced a Name Change of Appointed Tax Administrator, and amended the Omnibus Order, beginning June 2017 and for calendar year 2018, to replace all references to Damasco with "Miller Kaplan Arase LLP which acquired Damasco & Associates LLP" in order to reflect Damasco's name change.  
            
            
                
34-85017                
                
                    31-Jan-2019
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Directing Disbursement of Fair Fund
                
            
                On January 31, 2019, the SEC issued an order directing disbursement of fair fund stating: "[I]t is ORDERED that the Commission staff shall direct the payment of $1,249,607.33 from the Fair Fund to the Affected Funds as described in accordance the Plan." 
            
            
                
34-99586                
                
                    22-Feb-2024
                
                
                    Administrative Proceeding
                
             
                
                    Order Authorizing the Transfer to the U.S. Treasury of the Remaining Funds and Any Funds Returned to the Fair Fund in the Future, Discharging the Fund Administrator, and Terminating the Fair Fund
                
            
                The Commission ordered that: "A. the Fair Fund’s remaining funds, and any funds returned to the Fair Fund in the future, shall be transferred to the U.S. Treasury . . .; B. the Fund Administrator, J.H. Cohn LLP, is discharged; and C. the Fair Fund is terminated."
            
        
     
    
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