Nafissa Diallo Barred by FINRA from Securities Industry
FINRA permanently barred Nafissa Diallo from the securities industry in April 2026, issuing a symbolic $1 fine. Here's what the sparse record reveals.
About Nathan
Nathan Pierce is a professor of criminal justice at a major research university, where he specializes in white-collar sentencing disparities and the political economy of financial crime prosecution. He has published in the Stanford Law Review, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, and the Yale Journal on Regulation. At ConFraud, he writes opinion and analysis pieces that bridge academic research and public understanding — explaining why certain fraudsters get probation while others get decades, how prosecutorial discretion shapes which crimes get investigated, and what reform could actually look like. He holds a Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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Manuel Fernandez Barred by FINRA from Securities Industry
FINRA permanently barred Manuel Fernandez from the securities industry in April 2026. Here's what his BrokerCheck record reveals and what a bar really means.
The SEC Whistleblower Program: How It Works, What You Can Earn, and What Qualifies
Since 2010, the SEC has paid more than $1.3 billion to whistleblowers who provided tips leading to successful enforcement actions. Here's how the program works, who qualifies, and what the process actually looks like.
Josh Lintz: The $200,000-a-Year COO Who Allegedly Built a $12 Million Company on Stolen Trade Secrets
Twenty-two months into a $200,000-a-year job as Chief Operating Officer of a thriving La Jolla software company, Joshua Paul Lintz allegedly began dismantling it from the inside -- downloading thousands of confidential files, deleting 130 client projects, and incorporating a competing company that would generate $12 million in its first year using the stolen assets.
The White Collar Conference Returns With a Mission: Pardons, Expungement, and Restoring Dignity
The second annual White Collar Conference is set for October 11, bringing together legal scholars, advocates, and those who have lived through the system to tackle one of criminal justice's most overlooked questions: what happens after the sentence ends?