Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 122
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FTC bust targeted money laundering, fraudulent merchant accounts
The Federal Trade Commission has charged 12 defendants with laundering millions of dollars in credit card charges through fraudulent merchant accounts.
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Bank CCOs weigh effectiveness vs. burden of rules
A new survey of bank CCOs conducted by the American Bankers Association shows continued concerns about their regulatory burden and skepticism that piling up rules actually helps.
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Halliburton, the FCPA, and effectiveness
Having a great compliance program means nothing if it exists only on paper. If you want to keep the DoJ and SEC happy, that program must also be demonstrably effective.
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U.K. mulls new fines for lax cyber-security measures
Organisations that fail to implement effective cyber-security measures could face significant fines, as part of plans to make Britain’s essential networks and infrastructure safe, secure, and resilient against the risk of future cyber-attacks.
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U.K. government seeks views on NIS Directive
The U.K. government this week published a consultation seeking views on its plans to implement the EU’s Network and Information Systems Directive, which is due to come into force in May 2018.
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SFO investigating British American Tobacco
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it is investigating suspicions of corruption in the conduct of business by British American Tobacco, its subsidiaries, and associated persons over bribery allegations in East Africa.
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Teradata discloses FCPA probe
Teradata, an IT service management company, disclosed in its most recent quarterly filing that it has, through internal processes, discovered potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning one of its international subsidiaries doing business in Turkey.
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Archrock names general counsel amid FCPA probe
Archrock Partners has appointed Stephanie Hildebrandt as senior vice president and general counsel, effective Aug. 7. Hildebrandt's appointment comes amid an ongoing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation in connection with certain previously disclosed errors and possible irregularities at one of its former international operations.
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uniQure names chief accounting officer
Pharmaceutical company uniQure announced new executive appointments to its leadership team and nominations to its board of directors, including the promotion of Christian Klemt from global controller to chief accounting officer.
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Seaworld Entertainment names chief accounting officer
SeaWorld Entertainment, a theme park and entertainment company, has appointed Elizabeth Gulacsy as chief accounting officer.
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Investment Management Director David Grim to Leave SEC
David Grim, director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will leave the agency in September after more than 20 years of public service.
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MetroHealth hires first chief ethics and compliance officer
The MetroHealth System has appointed Cheryl Forino Wahl as its first senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer, effective as of July 10. She reports to Chief Executive Officer Akram Boutros.
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Compliance includes anti-trust compliance
While the United States banks on anti-trust training, in other parts of the world—such as Germany—there is not such a strong prohibition against competitors’ collaboration. Reports, however, indicate that may be changing.
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Solitude as a leadership skill
A new book by Raymond Kethledge and Michael Erwin encourages leaders to take back a sense of control over their operations. While it is not always possible to unplug in today’s connected world, writes the Man From FCPA, taking some time to unwind and simply think can be a valuable ...
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VW enters a new penalty phase
A significant source of funding or loan guarantees for VW may have become impaired, making the emissions-testing scandal and the attendant penalty phase potentially even more damaging for the automaker.
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SEC may relieve certain entities from revenue, lease adoption dates
Big 4 firms say the SEC won’t object if certain “public business entities” adopt new revenue and leasing rules under private company effective dates.
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Exchanges say ‘no’ to non-voting shares
In response to pressure from investor advocates, exchanges are pushing soon-to-be public companies away from multi-class IPOs that reduce, if not eliminate, shareholder control with non-voting shares.
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Jay-Z, CBA, and Jazzercise
This week a woman embezzles nearly $1m from a Jazzercise company, nepotism strikes Pakistan, and the CBA may have helped launder money.
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Fed wants to reassess bank board responsibilities, institutional ratings
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve has announced proposals to streamline post-financial crisis regulatory burdens imposed on directors at banks and reassess how ratings are issued.
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Pacific Drilling names new chief accounting officer
Pacific Drilling has promoted Richard Tatum, currently vice president and controller, to serve as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.