News | Compliance Week – Page 47
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News BriefFinCEN fines P.R.-based Bancredito $15M in landmark AML action
Puerto Rico-based Bancrédito International Bank and Trust Corporation was assessed a $15 million penalty by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for admitted violations of the Bank Secrecy Act regarding suspicious activity monitoring and anti-money laundering compliance.
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News BriefGoogle to pay $93M in California location data settlement
Google agreed to pay $93 million as part of a settlement with the state of California regarding its location data privacy practices. The agreement is separate from a related $391.5 million settlement Google previously reached with a coalition of other states.
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News BriefNew OFAC sanctions expand clamps on Russia tech supply chain
The Office of Foreign Assets Control widened its area of focus to disrupt Russia’s technology supply chain with new sanctions announced against entities in Finland and Turkey.
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News BriefDermatology manager to pay $8.9M in self-reported false claims case
Oliver Street Dermatology Management, doing business as U.S. Dermatology Partners, agreed to pay nearly $8.9 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice regarding apparent violations of the False Claims Act.
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News BriefHHS orders L.A. Care to pay $1.3M over apparent HIPAA violations
L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services it potentially violated the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
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News BriefOrthofix ousts top execs for ‘offensive conduct’; CECO among interim successors
Orthofix Medical announced a shake-up of its C-suite after an investigation uncovered “repeated inappropriate and offensive conduct” by top executives that forced the company to fire them for cause.
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Yieldstreet to pay $1.9M over securities offering disclosure lapses
Yieldstreet and its investment adviser affiliate agreed to pay more than $1.9 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing allegations the firm did not disclose heightened risks regarding a $14.5 million asset-backed securities offering.
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News BriefSEC fines Maximus $500K for not disclosing pay of exec’s siblings
Government healthcare services corporation Maximus settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly failing to disclose an executive’s two siblings were also employed by the company and received annual compensation of more than $120,000.
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News BriefVirtu sued by SEC over customer information protections
Virtu Financial and its broker-dealer affiliate Virtu Americas face a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company misled its customers regarding its safeguards to protect their information contained in its trading business database.
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Mortgage industry adviser fined $100K over long-running compliance lapses
Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp. agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission it failed to adopt and implement written compliance policies and procedures, conduct annual reviews, and establish and enforce a code of ethics.
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News BriefFINRA fines Citigroup unit $250K over trade designations
Citigroup Global Markets was fined $250,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority regarding inaccurate trade confirmations to customers.
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SEC fines nine in first marketing rule violation sweep
Nine investment advisers agreed to pay a total of $850,000 in penalties across separate settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged violations of the agency’s amended marketing rule.
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News BriefSEC fines former Marcum partner for causing control failures
An ex-partner at Marcum agreed to pay $75,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission he failed to remediate numerous quality control deficiencies magnified by the audit firm’s special purpose acquisition company client boom.
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News BriefDOJ appoints leaders for corporate enforcement program
The Department of Justice announced new positions in its National Security Division to support the agency’s crackdown on sanctions evasion, export control violations, and other forms of economic crime.
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News BriefFinCEN analysis: Trends in Russia export control evasion attempts
Analysis of suspicious activity reports by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network indicates nearly $1 billion in suspicious activity in cases of suspected evasion of Russia-related export controls.
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News BriefFDIC acknowledges supervisory lapses in First Republic Bank postmortem
Loss of confidence following the March collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank was the primary reason First Republic Bank failed in May, according to an internal review conducted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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News BriefSEC fines Monolith $225K over violating whistleblower protections
Monolith Resources, a privately held energy and tech company, agreed to pay $225,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission it used employee separation agreements that violated whistleblower protection rules.
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News BriefLinus Financial avoids penalty in SEC crypto securities case
Linus Financial avoided a civil penalty in reaching settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its alleged failure to register the offer and sale of its crypto lending product.
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News BriefGreek shipper fined $2.5M in Iranian oil smuggling case
Empire Navigation pleaded guilty to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by carrying nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil from the sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to another country.
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News BriefNetwork 1, CCO fined by FINRA for Reg BI failures
Network 1 Financial Securities and its chief compliance officer agreed to pay approximately $740,000 combined, plus interest, as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority addressing alleged Regulation Best Interest compliance failures.