All articles by Jeff Dale – Page 16
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NYDFS penalizes Carnival $5M for cybersecurity failures
The New York State Department of Financial Services announced a $5 million penalty against Carnival Corp. for “significant” cybersecurity failures, including not implementing basic protocols to prevent four separate data breaches from 2019-21.
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Carnival reaches $1.25M settlement over 2019 data breach
Carnival Cruise Line reached a $1.25 million settlement with 46 attorneys general stemming from its 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide.
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FCA fines JLT Specialty $9.7M for financial crime control lapses
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined a unit of insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group 7.9 million pounds (U.S. $9.7 million) for failing to control financial crime within its South and Central American subsidiaries.
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Weiss Asset Management lauded for cooperation in $6.9M settlement
Weiss Asset Management reached a $6.9 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission after it self-reported alleged short selling violations.
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Survey: Competitive jobs market pushes in-house counsel salaries higher
In-house counsel salaries across every industry bounced back in 2021 from the doldrums of the pandemic, with a competitive jobs market forcing recruiters to offer more bonuses, according to the latest compensation survey by BarkerGilmore.
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Synchronoss to pay $12.5M over alleged accounting misconduct by former execs
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced software company Synchronoss Technologies agreed to a $12.5 million settlement for “long-running accounting improprieties” caused, in part, by alleged misconduct from senior executives.
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Fiat Chrysler pleads guilty in $300M emissions fraud case
The U.S. arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and violating the Clean Air Act for “making false and misleading representations” regarding emissions control systems on more than 100,000 vehicles.
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Indictment: Ex-CCO charged with wire fraud over misappropriated funds
Jennifer Campbell, a former chief compliance officer at an unnamed investment adviser in Buffalo, N.Y., faces criminal and civil charges for allegedly misappropriating approximately $500,000 in funds from client accounts.
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Former Danske Bank CCO Philippe Vollot resigns
Danske Bank Chief Administrative Officer Philippe Vollot, who was promoted to the position from chief compliance officer in November, has resigned, the Danish bank announced.
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Twitter agrees to $150M settlement with DOJ, FTC over data privacy lapses
Twitter agreed to a $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission for violating a 2011 administrative order by “misrepresenting” how it used nonpublic user information.
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Carreyrou lauds whistleblowers’ roles in helping expose Theranos fraud
John Carreyrou, whose reporting exposed blood-testing company Theranos as a fraud, discussed the vital role lab director Adam Rosendorff and his other colleagues that came forward played as sources during a fireside chat at Compliance Week’s National Conference.
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Allianz unit pleads guilty in $6B fraud settlement
Allianz Global Investors U.S. and three former portfolio managers were charged with lying to investors about a complex options trading strategy, as well as forging documents to cover up the scheme, leading to multibillion dollar losses.
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Q&A: Compliance Mentor of the Year Mary Shirley
Mary Shirley, head of culture of integrity and compliance education at Fresenius Medical Care, discusses with Compliance Week what mentorship means to her and who has helped her along the way.
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Q&A: Rising Star in Compliance Boon Kim Fam
Boon Kim Fam, legal director of compliance, Asia Pacific at clothing company PVH, discusses with Compliance Week how her cultural sensitivity, technical expertise, and sound international outlook have helped her navigate the global compliance field.
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Citi names Tom Anderson as new chief compliance officer
Tom Anderson will be the next chief compliance officer at Citi, effective June 1. His appointment comes two months after Mary McNiff stepped down from the role.
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Nvidia to pay $5.5M for ‘misleading’ disclosures of crypto mining’s impact
Nvidia agreed to pay a $5.5 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning disclosures of the impact of crypto mining on its gaming business.
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SEC accuses Vale of safety audit manipulation in 2019 dam collapse
Brazilian mining company Vale was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of making false and misleading safety audit and disclosure claims prior to the January 2019 collapse of its Brumadinho dam.
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SEC hits ex-Domino’s accountant with nearly $2M insider trading penalty
A former Domino’s Pizza accountant was hit with a nearly $2 million penalty for using nonpublic earnings reports to gain an advantage in illegal trading activity, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CFTC: Ex-portfolio manager found liable in commodity pool fraud case
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Edward Walczak, former portfolio manager for Catalyst Capital Advisors, was found liable by a jury for violating the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Biden to nominate Michael Barr as Fed supervision head
President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Michael Barr, a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Act and former Treasury Department assistant secretary, to serve as the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision.