All Department of Justice articles – Page 32
-
Blog
Former Autonomy execs face fraud charges in HP deal
A federal grand jury has delivered indictments against former Autonomy executives in connection with HP’s failed acquisition of the U.K. technology business.
-
Blog
MTS reserves $849M in FCPA case
Russian telecommunications company MTS has set aside 55.8 billion rubles (U.S. $849 million) to resolve a U.S. investigation concerning potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
-
Blog
A look at the Justice Department’s new ‘China Initiative’
The Department of Justice on Nov. 1 announced the creation of a new “China Initiative,” aiming to identify priority Chinese trade theft cases and bring them to an appropriate conclusion quickly and effectively and making the global enforcement landscape all the more challenging for multinational companies.
-
Blog
Société Générale to pay $1.34B for economic sanctions violations
Société Générale has been slapped with a $1.34 billion criminal penalty for conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Cuban Asset Control Regulations, representing the second largest penalty ever imposed on a financial institution for violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
-
Blog
UBS faces civil complaint for fraud in the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities
The Department of Justice announced that a civil complaint has been filed against UBS and several of its U.S. affiliates, alleging that UBS defrauded investors throughout the United States and the world in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities from 2006 through 2007.
-
Blog
Goldman Sachs offers details of 1MDB probe
Goldman Sachs disclosed has received subpoenas and requests for documents and information from various governmental and regulatory bodies and self-regulatory organizations as part of investigations and reviews relating to financing transactions and other matters involving 1MDB, Malaysian government’s sovereign wealth fund.
-
Blog
MoneyGram to forfeit $125M for AML compliance lapses; DPA extended
MoneyGram on Nov. 8 entered into agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission concerning previously disclosed compliance failures that resulted in a widespread money-laundering fraud scheme.
-
Blog
SEC expands probe at GE after $22B impairment charge
The SEC has expanded its investigation into accounting issues at GE and is now looking into a $22 billion impairment charge, the company reported.
-
Blog
Ex-KPMG leader pleads guilty in inspection leak case
A former KPMG leader has pled guilty to four counts of fraud and conspiracy in connection with an operation to subvert the regulatory inspection process.
-
Blog
A look at the new corporate monitorship policy
The Department of Justice on Oct. 11 issued revised guidance to establish standards, policies, and procedures for the selection of monitors in matters being handled by Criminal Division attorneys. The new guidance further refines the factors that go into the determination of whether a monitor is needed and clarifies and ...
-
Article
Petrobras case sheds light on how to avoid a corporate monitor
Any company under a criminal investigation by the U.S. government looking to avoid the appointment of a compliance monitor will want to take a page from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras. Gibson Dunn partner Joe Warin, who represented Petrobras, offers some tips inside.
-
Blog
Department of Justice updates, renames U.S. Attorneys’ Manual
The Department of Justice announced the roll out of an updated U.S. Attorneys’ Manual, now titled the Justice Manual. It is the first comprehensive review and overhaul of the manual in more than 20 years.
-
Blog
Still MIA: 2016 inspection report on KPMG
Audit regulators remain mum on when, if ever, they will publish a report on their 2016 inspection of Big 4 audit firm KPMG.
-
Blog
Ensco: U.S. authorities will not be bringing enforcement actions
U.K.-based offshore drilling contractor Ensco announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission do not intend to bring enforcement actions in connection with a previously disclosed investigation into alleged irregularities related to a drilling services contract.
-
Blog
Swiss bank to pay $60.4M in U.S. tax evasion case
Swiss bank Basler Kantonalbank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay $60.4 million in total penalties for conspiring with others to evade U.S. taxes, the Department of Justice announced.
-
Blog
Microsoft offers details into reported corruption probe
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. authorities are investigating Microsoft over a bribery and corruption matter in Hungary, some details of which the company shared with Compliance Week.
-
Blog
FCPA inquiry into Güralp Systems Limited ends as SFO investigation continues
Consistent with its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, the Department of Justice has closed its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act inquiry into U.K. company Güralp Systems, without bringing any action, as the maker of seismic testing equipment faces an ongoing parallel investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office.
-
Blog
Wells Fargo hit with $2B penalty for misrepresenting quality of loans used in RMBS
The Department of Justice on Aug. 1 announced that Wells Fargo and several of its affiliates will pay a $2.09 billion civil penalty based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential mortgage loans that it knew contained misstated income information and did not meet the quality that Wells ...
-
Blog
Justice Department signs addendum to NPA with Bank Lombard Odier
The Department of Justice has signed an addendum to a non-prosecution agreement with Bank Lombard Odier of Zurich Switzerland. The original NPA was signed on Dec. 31, 2015.
-
Blog
DoJ launches new task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
The Justice Department, empowered by an executive order by President Trump, is creating a new, multi-agency task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. The plan was detailed, on Wednesday, in public remarks by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.