Defendant Name: Comscore, Inc.

Defendant Type: Public Company

Document Reference: 34-99246

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Comscore, Inc.
Document Name Order Appointing Fund Administrator, Setting Administrator's Bond Amount, and Authorizing Payment of Fees and Expenses
Document Date 27-Dec-2023
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-19499
Allegation Type Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary 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."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Fair Funds
Monetary Penalties:

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $5,000,000.00 Shared:    

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