Defendant Name: UBS Financial Services Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: LR-21956

Document Details

Legal Case Name SEC v. UBS Financial Services Inc.
Document Name SEC Charges UBS with Fraudulent Bidding Practices Involving Investment of Municipal Bond Proceeds
Document Date 04-May-2011
Document Format Civil Proceeding
Case Number 11-cv-02539
Federal District Court New Jersey, District of New Jersey
Allegation Type Municipal Securities & Public Pensions
Document Summary On May 4, 2011, the SEC issued a litigation release announcing that it charged UBS Financial Services Inc. "with fraudulently rigging at least 100 municipal bond reinvestment transactions in 36 states and generating millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains." Further, according to the SEC: "To settle the SEC's charges, UBS has agreed to pay $47.2 million that will be returned to the affected municipalities. UBS and its affiliates also agreed to pay $113 million to settle parallel charges brought by other federal and state authorities."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Enjoinment
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     $9,606,543.00 Shared:    

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $32,500,000.00 Shared:    

Pre-Judgment Interest

Individual:     $5,100,637.00 Shared:    

Related Documents:

comp21956 04-May-2011 Complaint
Complaint
On May 4, 2011, the SEC filed a complaint against UBS Financial Services Inc. According to the SEC: "This case involves various fraudulent bidding practices by UBS, a registered broker-dealer, involving the temporary investment of proceeds from the sale of tax-exempt municipal securities in certain reinvestment products by state and local governmental entities in the United States ..."
2011-105 04-May-2011 Press Release--Civil Action
SEC Charges UBS with Fraudulent Bidding Practices Involving Investment of Municipal Bond Proceeds; UBS to Pay $160 Million to Settle Charges
On May 4, 2011, the SEC announced that it, "charged UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBS) with fraudulently rigging at least 100 municipal bond reinvestment transactions in 36 states and generating millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains."
lr21956-judgment 06-May-2011 Court Docket Document
Final Judgment As to Defendant UBS Financial Services Inc.
On May 6, 2011, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey approved the settlement between the SEC and UBS Financial Services Inc. in this case. According to the settlement, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, UBS has consented to the entry of a final judgment enjoining it from future violations of Section 15(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. UBS Financial Services Inc. has also agreed to pay a penalty of $32.5 million and disgorgement of $9,606,543 with prejudgment interest of $5,100,637. The settlement is subject to court approval.

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