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ArticleNational Bank of Pakistan to pay $55.4M for AML compliance lapses
The National Bank of Pakistan and its New York branch must pay $55.4 million in total penalties in settlements with two U.S. regulators for deficiencies in the bank’s risk management and anti-money laundering compliance program.
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ArticlePwC Canada fined $950K for internal training exam cheating
The Canadian affiliate of Big Four audit firm PwC has agreed to pay $950,000 in penalties between audit regulators in the United States and Canada after discovering widespread cheating among employees taking internal exams.
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ArticleBitMEX founders fined $10M each for flouting AML rules
Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform BitMEX, were each fined $10 million as part of guilty pleas for anti-money laundering violations under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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Article‘The Betrayal’ offers AML lessons from undercover mission that nearly comes undone
Drug Enforcement Administration undercover agent Robert Mazur’s new book chronicles his infiltration of Colombia’s notorious Cali drug cartel and the money laundering practices he observed firsthand.
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ArticleU.S. turns up heat on Russian banking system with new sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced expanded sanctions against Russia affecting 80 percent of all banking assets in the country following its further invasion of Ukraine.
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ArticleColonial Pipeline names first chief information security officer
More than nine months after being targeted by a ransomware attack, Colonial Pipeline has named Adam Tice as its first chief information security officer.
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ArticleAudit committees rolling with punches of evolving role
Two prominent audit committee chairs speak to the results of a Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness and Center for Audit Quality report on audit committee practices and the major issues audit committees face today.
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ArticleSFO probing Arena Television collapse
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced an ongoing criminal investigation into the business practices of individuals associated with collapsed outside broadcast company Arena Television and its linked entities.
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Qualys names chief accounting officer
Qualys, a provider of cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, has named Arjet Skenduli chief accounting officer.
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Vaxart appoints general counsel
Vaxart, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, appointed Edward Berg as the company’s first in-house general counsel.
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ArticleWhat sanctions on Russia mean for U.S. companies
The first wave of sanctions imposed on Russia and its financial sector aren’t expected to result in any immediate implications for U.S. companies or their global supply chains. With matters escalating, that could quickly change, according to sanctions experts.
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ArticleBaxter to pay $18M for foreign exchange accounting violations
American multinational healthcare product company Baxter International agreed to pay $18 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for accounting violations related to the recording of foreign currency transactions.
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Coinme hires chief compliance officer
Coinme, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency cash exchange, announced Brian Reisbeck has joined the company as its new chief compliance officer.
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Marathon Oil promotes internal audit head to chief accounting officer
Marathon Oil announced Vice President of Internal Audit Rob White has been promoted to vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, effective March 1.
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Principal Financial names chief compliance officer
Principal Financial Group has named Noreen Fierro as senior vice president, chief compliance officer.
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Veracyte appoints chief accounting officer
Veracyte, a global diagnostics company, has appointed Jonathan Wygant as chief accounting officer.
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ArticleMy Compliance Library: ‘The Behavioral Code’ explores tension between code and conduct
Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine’s book is an exposition on shaping laws and codes to “human and organizational behavior” that lends to the discussion on how behavioral science can inform ethics and compliance programs.
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ArticleCredit Suisse leak alleges corrupt customers, poor compliance practices
Credit Suisse engaged in business dealings with some of the most notorious criminals in the world, according to a consortium of media outlets that spent months parsing through the leaked records of more than 18,000 of the Swiss bank’s accounts.
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ArticleTRUST: A solution to crypto’s Travel Rule dilemma
Jennifer Lee, head of compliance at Anchorage Digital, highlights the launch of the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology as “the clearest sign yet that digital asset players, as an industry, not as individual companies, truly care about compliance.”
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ArticleReport: Companies overhyping net zero commitments
A study of leading global companies including Amazon, Google, Walmart, and Volkswagen has found many firms are exaggerating or misreporting the progress they are making to meet their own environmental targets.


