Shamoil T. Shipchandler, Regional Director of the SEC’s Fort Worth Regional Office, Has Left the Agency

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Shamoil T. Shipchandler, Director of the Fort Worth Regional Office, left the agency on Friday, January 25. Under Mr. Shipchandler’s leadership, the Fort Worth office has brought numerous significant enforcement actions and has conducted examination activities that have strengthened compliance in the industry, including filing novel cases involving accounting fraud and cryptocurrency, and providing transparency to regional registrants. Since 2015, Mr. Shipchandler has led a team of approximately 140 enforcement attorneys, accountants, investigators, and compliance examiners who investigate and enforce the federal securities laws and perform compliance inspections in the Fort Worth region, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.