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Posts Tagged: Joseph DeMeneses

Seven from Direct Access Partners settle with SEC

Richard L. Cassin April 11, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that seven individuals from a registered broker-dealer settled charges related to bribes paid to a former official of a Venezuelan state-owned bank.

In federal court in Manhattan, Judge Jesse Furman entered final judgments against Iuri Rodolfo Bethancourt, Benito Chinea, Tomas Alberto Clarke Bethancourt, Joseph DeMeneses, Jose Alejandro Hurtado, Ernesto Lujan, and Haydee Leticia Pabon.… Continue Reading

Former Venezuela state bank official sentenced to time served for Wall Street bribe scheme

Richard L. Cassin January 18, 2016

A former official of a Venezuelan state-owned bank was sentenced Friday to time served for taking at least $5 million in bribes from a Wall Street broker-dealer in exchange for trading business.… Continue Reading

Hurtado jailed three years in Direct Access Partners bribe case

Richard L. Cassin December 18, 2015

A Miami-based broker from Direct Access Partners was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for being the middleman in a scheme to bribe a Venezuela state bank official in exchange for bond trading work.… Continue Reading

DAP’s Clarke sentenced to two years for Bandes bribes

Richard L. Cassin December 9, 2015

Tomas Clarke, a former senior vice president at New York-based Direct Access Partners who worked in the firm’s Miami office, was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for his role in bribing a Venezuela bank official.… Continue Reading

Former brokerage exec jailed two years for Venezuela bribes

Richard L. Cassin December 7, 2015

A former executive of a Wall Street broker-dealer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for bribing an official at a state-owned bank in Venezuela in exchange for trading business.… Continue Reading

Two Wall Streeters jailed four years for Venezuela bribes

Richard L. Cassin March 30, 2015

The former chief executive officer of Direct Access Partners LLC and a managing director were each sentenced to four years in prison Friday for bribing a Venezuela state bank official in return for bond trading business.… Continue Reading

Two more brokerage execs plead guilty for $5 million Venezuela bank bribes

Richard L. Cassin December 18, 2014

The former chief executive officer and an ex-managing director of U.S. broker-dealer Direct Access Partners LLC pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribing an official of a state-owned Venezuelan bank in exchange for bond trading business.… Continue Reading

Enforcement Report for Q2 2014

Richard L. Cassin July 1, 2014

There was a big FCPA settlement by Hewlett Packard during the prior quarter, nine individual indictments were announced, an appellate court ruled on who’s a foreign official, and there was a DOJ declination.… Continue Reading

Two more Direct Access execs charged in Venezuela bank bribery

Richard L. Cassin April 14, 2014

The former chief executive officer of Direct Access Partners LLC and a former partner at the brokerage firm were charged in federal court in New York Monday for bribery involving Venezuela’s state bank.… Continue Reading