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SEC Settles With Navistar, Charges Former CEO Ustian

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Mark Melin
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced they have reached a $7.5 million settlement with Navistar International Corp. over charges it defrauded investors, deceiving them to believe an engine it was developing would meet government admissions standards. Navistar did not admit or deny wrongdoing. The SEC also tagged retired Navistar CEO Daniel C. Ustian with charges he led a "campaign of deception" from 2011 to 2012. The politically connected Ustian was charged with misleading investors and aiding and abetting violations undertaken by Lisle, Illinois-based Navistar.

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SEC says Navistar and its CEO Daniel Ustian knew engine was having regulatory problems, told a different...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.