In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from August 2026.
In August 2026:
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) established a specialized Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit, underscoring the Commission’s continued focus on accounting, auditing, internal controls, and financial reporting misconduct.
- The SEC and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered a three-year information-sharing arrangement, providing the SEC with more streamlined access to nonpublic FDA-related information.
- The SEC brought two large-scale fraud actions alleging significant schemes to defraud investors and naming a number of individual executives as defendants.
- The SEC filed two notable enforcement actions involving alleged investor fraud in connection with private funds…
