Standard Stock and Mining Exchange controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1930
Arrests and raids involving mining brokers
Toronto police, acting under the provincial attorney general's direction, arrested brokers and raided offices of five prominent mining brokerage firms. Investigators seized records and assets, intensifying the crisis of confidence surrounding the exchange.
1929
Financial Post investigation of SSME members
A ten-part Financial Post series published from November 1929 to January 1930 alleged that some exchange members engaged in dishonest conduct and that incompetent intermediaries were damaging the reputation of the mining profession and marketplace.