All Regulatory Enforcement articles – Page 112
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ArticleNissan pays $15M for financial misconduct; CEO and CCO resign
Nissan will pay a $15 million civil penalty over false financial disclosures, the SEC announced. The charges come the same month the carmaker’s latest CEO resigned, along with its vice president of internal audit and chief compliance officer.
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SEC: PwC to pay $8M for auditor independence violations
PwC will pay approximately $8 million in monetary relief to settle charges with the SEC for allegedly violating auditor independence rules and engaging in improper professional conduct.
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TechnipFMC to pay $5M in FCPA case
TechnipFMC, a global oil and gas services provider, has reached a $5 million settlement with the SEC for violations of the books-and-records and internal accounting controls provisions of the FCPA.
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CFPB’s Consumer Complaint Database gets a second chance
Will improvements to the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, acknowledged by the CFPB director as the “government’s version of Yelp,” help institutions ward off disgruntled consumers?
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ArticleSEC charges ICOBox for unregistered offering, broker activity
The SEC has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency startup ICOBox, a California company in the business of facilitating other companies’ ICOs, and its founder for conducting an illegal securities offering of its digital tokens and for acting as unregistered brokers for other digital asset offerings.
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ArticleCompliance failures lead to $15M penalty for Raymond James
A series of compliance failures have resulted in three Raymond James entities being fined $15 million by the SEC over improper charges of advisory fees and excess commissions.
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ArticleTwo broker-dealers to pay $4.65M for providing deficient ‘blue sheet data’
Two broker-dealers must pay a combined $4.65 million in penalties for providing incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information to the SEC. Prudent compliance officers might want to take a page from their remedial efforts.
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ArticleThird Cognizant executive settles FCPA charges
A third former executive at Cognizant has settled charges with the SEC for violating the FCPA by participating in a scheme to bribe an Indian government official.
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ArticlePrudential subsidiaries to pay $33M for misleading disclosures
The SEC has charged two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures to the boards for 94 funds they advised.
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ArticleIf feds find fraud using analytics, corporations better have found it first
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Miner put corporate compliance officers on notice with remarks about the feds’ increasing use of data analytics.
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ArticleTullett to pay $13M for supervisory failures and false statements
Tullett Prebon Americas must pay a total of $13 million for failing to supervise employees and making false or misleading statements to CFTC staff.
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FTC prioritizes guidance on application of antitrust laws to Big Tech
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning is making the identification of Big Tech companies’ anticompetitive behavior and how to remedy it a top priority.
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ArticleCFTC orders chief compliance officer to pay $150K for fraud
The CFTC has ordered a chief compliance officer to pay $150,000 for engaging in fraudulent acts and making false statements to a self-regulatory organization.
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ArticleLabor Department enforcement action comes with compliance warning
Lloyd Industries has been ordered to pay $1 million in lost wages and punitive damages to two former employees who were fired in retaliation for their participation in a federal safety investigation, the Department of Labor announced.
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Fishy business: StarKist to pay $100M for tuna price fixing
StarKist must pay a criminal fine of $100 million, the statutory maximum, for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for canned tuna sold in the United States.
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Ex-KPMG leader atop 'chain of corruption' gets a year and a day in jail
A former KPMG leader was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to subvert the regulatory inspection process.
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Merrill Lynch to pay $300K for failing to ‘promptly’ produce audit trail data
Merrill Lynch must pay a $300,000 civil monetary penalty for failing to promptly produce to the CFTC certain required records and, separately, failing to supervise its employees and agents.
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CFPB: First enforcement brought under international money transfer rule
The CFPB has brought its first enforcement action for violations of a rule that took effect in 2013 designed to protect consumers who electronically transfer money from the United States to other countries.
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ArticleGovernment watchdog group targets PCAOB performance
The PCAOB is taking heat from a government watchdog group, which says the audit regulator is “doing a feeble job” protecting investors.
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ArticleMallinckrodt to pay $15.4M over kickback allegations
Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt is set to pay $15.4 million to the Justice Department to resolve allegations of illegal kickbacks to doctors in the form of lavish dinners and entertainment.