SEC Charges Former Morgan Stanley Executive with FCPA Violations and Investment Adviser Fraud April 25, 2012, (Litigation Release No. 22346) Earlier this week, the SEC charged Garth R. Peterson (former managing director in Morgan Stanley's real estate investment and fund advisory business) with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The SEC alleges that "Peterson secretly arranged to have at least $1.8 million paid to himself and the Chinese official that he disguised as finder's...
