Defendant Name: Comscore, Inc.

Defendant Type: Public Company
SIC Code: 7389
CUSIP: 20564W10

Initial Case Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Comscore, Inc.
First Document Date 24-Sep-2019
Initial Filing Format Administrative Action
File Number 3-19499
Allegation Type Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
AAER 4091

Violations Alleged

Exchange Act
Sec 10(b) + Rule 10b-5
Rule 12b-20
Sec 13(a)
Rule 13a-1
Rule 13a-11
Rule 13a-13
Sec 13(b)(2)(A)
Sec 13(b)(2)(B)
Securities Act
Sec 17(a) (Not specified)

Resolutions

First Resolution Date 24-Sep-2019

Related Documents:

33-10692 24-Sep-2019 Administrative Proceeding
Order Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order
On September 17, 2019, the SEC instituted settled cease and desist proceedings against Comscore, Inc. ("Comscore"). The SEC stated: "This matter concerns a financial accounting and disclosure fraud committed by Comscore, a publicly-traded data services and measurement company, principally through the conduct of its former Chief Executive Officer, Serge Matta ("Matta")."
2019-186 24-Sep-2019 Press Release--Administrative Proceeding
SEC Charges Comscore Inc. and Former CEO with Accounting and Disclosure Fraud
The SEC stated that: "[It] charged global information and media analytics firm, Comscore, Inc., and its former CEO with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by approximately $50 million and making false and misleading statements about key performance metrics."
34-97389 27-Apr-2023 Administrative Proceeding
Order Consolidating Fair Funds
The SEC ordered that the "Fair Funds created pursuant to the Orders are consolidated into a single Fair Fund, the Comscore Fair Fund, for purposes of distribution to harmed investors."
34-97467 10-May-2023 Administrative Proceeding
Order Appointing Tax Administrator
The Commission ordered that: "Miller Kaplan Arase LLP is appointed as the Tax Administrator for the QSF."
34-99246 27-Dec-2023 Administrative Proceeding
Order Appointing Fund Administrator, Setting Administrator's Bond Amount, and Authorizing Payment of Fees and Expenses
The SEC ordered that: "A. JND is appointed as the Fund Administrator . . . ; B. JND shall obtain a bond . . . in the amount of $5,700,000.00; C. the Fund Administrator will submit invoices to the Commission staff for services rendered . . .; and D. at the direction of an Assistant Director of the Office of Distributions, OFM is authorized to pay the Fund Administrator’s fees and expenses from the Fair Fund, . . . so long as the total amount paid to the Fund Administrator, including the invoice to be paid, does not exceed the total amount of the approved cost proposal submitted by the Fund Administrator."
34-101067 17-Sep-2024 Administrative Proceeding
Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment
The Commission stated: "Notice is hereby given . . . that the Division of Enforcement has submitted to the Commission a proposed plan of distribution (the “Proposed Plan”) for the distribution of monies paid in the above-captioned matters."
34-101067-dp 17-Sep-2024 Administrative Proceeding
Proposed Plan of Distribution
The Commission stated: "The Division of Enforcement submits this . . . Plan . . . to the . . . Commission . . . . This Plan provides for the distribution of a Fair Fund . . . , comprised of civil money penalties collected from Comscore, Inc. ("Comscore") and Serge Matta ("Matta) (collectively, the "Respondents") in the above-captioned matter."

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