- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, a publicly traded hedge fund firm, disclosed in a quarterly filing this week that it has accrued a $200 million loss, thus far, to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It also said its “probable” that the government will pursue civil and criminal sanctions.
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