All Regulatory Enforcement articles – Page 136
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McDonald's nears agreement with NLRB over joint employer status
McDonald's and the NLRB are nearing approval on settlement agreements related to how much control the parent company had over how franchisees treated their employees and resulting wage violations. The case is part of the confusing landscape of what constitutes joint employer status.
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CORRECTION: Theranos executives charged by SEC for 'massive fraud'
Correction: In a recent post that appeared in the Filing Cabinet, we incorrectly connected a recent enforcement action against Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes with Mylan, the maker of the EpiPen. Any implication or connection between the two companies was incorrect.
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SEC doles out its largest ever whistleblower awards
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its highest ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, with two whistleblowers sharing a nearly $50 million award and a third whistleblower receiving more than $33 million.
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Theranos executives charged by SEC for 'massive fraud'
The SEC has charged Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, with raising more than $700 million from investors “through an elaborate, years-long fraud.”
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Canada to introduce deferred prosecution agreements
Canada plans to introduce legislation that would pave the way for DPA provisions like those already present in the U.S., the U.K., France, and Australia.
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DoJ creates Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force
The Department of Justice has established a Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force to deploy and coordinate criminal and civil law enforcement tools to tackle the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on opioid manufacturers and distributors.
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DoJ to file ‘Statement of Interest’ in cases against opioid makers, distributors
The Department of Justice this week announced it will be filing a Statement of Interest in a multi-district action regarding hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
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Court ruling limits scope of SEC whistleblower reporting
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously required whistleblowers to report complaints directly to the SEC to receive its anti-retaliation protections.
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New DoJ policies favor corporate defendants
The Justice Department has issued a trio of memoranda that provides a wealth of legal, compliance, and internal audit insight on whistleblower complaints or false claims cases.
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ABLV Bank chief compliance officer quits amid money laundering probe
ABLV Bank announced the resignation of its chief compliance officer, Aleksandrs Paže, at a time when the bank finds itself in hot water for alleged money laundering practices.
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U.S. Bancorp to pay $613M for AML compliance failures
U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank, announced today that it will pay a total of $613 million in total penalties for willfully failing to have an adequate anti-money laundering compliance program and willfully failing to file a suspicious activity report in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.
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Rabobank to pay $368.7M for laundering Mexico drug money
The U.S. subsidiary of Rabobank pleaded guilty this week to a felony conspiracy charge for impairing, impeding, and obstructing a government investigation by concealing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering program.
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Thirty-six Indicted for $530 million in global cyber-crime losses
A federal indictment charges 36 individuals from around the world for their roles in the Infraud Organization, an Internet-based cybercriminal enterprise engaged in the large-scale acquisition and sale of stolen identities and credit cards.
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CFTC charges executives for ongoing virtual currency scam
The CFTC announced that it is bringing commodity fraud and misappropriation charges related to the ongoing solicitation of customers for a virtual currency known as My Big Coin.
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Lessons from the FCPA corporate enforcement policy
The Department of Justice’s new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy offers valuable lessons for companies that are considering how best to address a potential FCPA violation.
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OCC: Citibank to pay $70M for AML deficiencies
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency assessed a $70 million civil penalty against Citibank for failing to comply with the agency’s 2012 consent order related to Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering deficiencies.
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The Sanctions Screening Whitepaper
The IdentityMind white paper provides important background and tips to improve the sanction screening process. Learn how false positives can be minimized using matching algorithms, ways to apply risk integrated rules to configurable lists, and how their technology can help to eliminate wasted effort and improve results.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York elects vice chairman
The board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York has elected Larry Thompson to serve as the board’s vice chairman for 2018. Thompson, who is the vice chairman of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, has served on the Bank’s board as an independent director since ...
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Associate director of SEC Enforcement Division leaving the agency
Gerald Hodgkins, an Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will leave the agency at the end of this year for private practice, the agency announced.
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SEC charges operators of $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.