Disgorgement & Penalty Information
Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Other Compliance Related Undertaking
Cooperation Before the Resolution
Remedial Acts or Efforts Before the Resolution
Fair Funds
Monetary Penalties:
Civil Penalty
Individual:
$5,000,000.00
Shared:
Related Documents:
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."
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."
34-101597
13-Nov-2024
Administrative Proceeding
Order Approving Plan of Distribution
The Commission ordered that: "the Proposed Plan is approved, and the approved Plan of Distribution shall be posted simultaneously with this order on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov."
Plan of Distribution
The Commission stated: "The Division of Enforcement has submitted this Plan of Distribution (the “Plan”) to
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) . . . . This Plan provides for the distribution of a Fair Fund (the “Fair Fund”),
comprised of civil money penalties collected from Comscore, Inc. (“Comscore”) and Serge Matta
(“Matta) (collectively, the “Respondents”) in the above-captioned matter."
