All Regulatory Enforcement articles – Page 147
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Mead Johnson Nutrition Pays $12M for FCPA Violations in China
Mead Johnson Nutrition will pay $12.03 million to settle civil charges that it violated books and records requirements of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when a China-based unit made improper payments at state-owned hospitals. The settlement, the result of an administrative proceeding, was detailed in an Offer of Settlement the ...
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FINRA Fines Goldman Sachs $1.8M for Trade Reporting Failures
Goldman Sachs Group has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve allegations by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that one of its units failed to accurately submit required trade reports, filed inaccurate trading data for more than eight years, and did not have adequate systems and controls in place ...
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Fiat Chrysler Will Pay $150M, Largest Ever NHTSA Penalty
Acknowledging violations of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act’s requirements to repair safety defects, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has agreed to a $105 million civil penalty, the largest ever imposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The automaker agreed to an independent monitor, approved by the NHTSA and in place for ...
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AP Offers Up New Treasure Trove of SEC-Related Videos
The Associated Press made hundreds of thousands of video stories dating from 1895 to the present available on its YouTube channels. The newly available videos include countless clips that may be of interest to compliance professionals. The channel features clips such as the “House committee hearing on Madoff scandal” and ...
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Fed to China Construction Bank: Fix AML Controls
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services in an enforcement action this week ordered China Construction Bank and its New York branch to significantly improve its compliance operations. The bank and the branch have 60 days to jointly submit a written enhanced compliance program in ...
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SEC Wraps Up 'Alcoholics Anonymous' Insider Trading Case
Last week, the SEC announced the final resolution of an insider trading case that flowed from the most unusual of betrayals: information allegedly misappropriated from a senior executive who was confiding in a someone through their relationship at Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Banamex USA Fined $140M for AML Violations
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today imposed a civil penalty of $140 million against Banamex USA for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. The FDIC imposed the penalty on the same day that Citigroup, which purchased Mexico-based Banamex in 2001, said it would be ...
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Czech Bankers Concerned About New EU Rules
Czech bankers are worried about new European rules that may pose systemic risks to countries across Europe. The legislation, which is currently being reviewed by the European Commission will cause big depositors and bondholders, instead of national regulators, to incur more losses. Bankers are worried that this could lead ...
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Restructuring the Bank of England: More Transparency
Image: In a recent consultation paper, Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne unveiled his plans to restructure the Bank of England’s regulatory system. Among his initiatives, the National Audit Office will provide more transparency to the central bank, while the Prudential Regulation Authority will no longer operate as a subsidiary and ...
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Distilling Lessons From Recent Sanctions Cases
The Justice Department clearly is prosecuting more companies for sanctions or export control violations: 15 enforcement actions since 2010, compared to only three in the prior three years. Inside, we’ve sifted out themes arising from those settlements to understand more about what factors regulators weigh when resolving charges and how ...
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SEC Issues Another Big Whistleblower Award
The SEC has awarded more than $3 million to a company insider whose information helped the SEC crack a complex fraud case—the third-highest award to date under the SEC’s whistleblower program. Since its inception in 2011, the program has paid more than $50 million to 18 whistleblowers, including a more ...
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SEC Alleges Loose Lips at Law Firm Led to Insider Trading
Yesterday, the SEC filed a second insider trading case alleging that non-public information was leaked by a legal assistant whose law firm was advising on a merger involving Harleysville Group, Inc.
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U.S. Chamber: 28 Recommendations on SEC Enforcement Practices
Today the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released an interesting, 64-page paper entitled, "Examining U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement: Recommendations on Current Processes and Practices." The report offers 28 specific recommendations on how to improve the SEC enforcement process.
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Two More Banks Reach Agreements Under Swiss Bank Program
The Department of Justice last week announced that two more banks— Banque Pasche and ARVEST Privatbank —have reached resolutions under the Department’s Swiss Bank Program, which provides a means for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United States. Banque Pasche will pay a $7.2 million penalty, and ...
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Ireland’s Regulatory Body Yet to Investigate Bloxham Accounting Practices
Since 2012, now-defunct Bloxham Stockbrokers, Ireland’s oldest stockbroker, halted all trading activities amid a Central Bank investigation, which uncovered a €5.3 million gap in its accounts. Ireland’s regulatory body, the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board, has yet to investigate the firm’s accounting practices. In May, the Central Bank banned the company’s ...
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SEC Chair White Responds to Sen. Warren’s ‘Disappointment’
In response to a lengthy list of grievances laid out by Sen. Elizabeth Warren in early June 2015, SEC Chair Mary Jo White has answered the Senator’s complaints. Specifically, White explained her recusals from certain cases (she had been granted permission to be recused from certain cases for two years), ...
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The Overlooked Lessons of PetroTiger Trial
The corruption trials against three former executives of PetroTiger ended with a whimper in June, when the last defendant pled guilty to FCPA violations. Contrary to what many say, however, the PetroTiger case offered some valuable—and good—news for compliance officers. This week, columnist Tom Fox reviews how the company avoided ...
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‘The U.K. Bribery Act After Five Years — Where Are We Now?’
On the eve of the anniversary of the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, CW columnist Bruce Carton hosted a panel of U.K. experts to address where the SFO stands in its enforcement and prosecution of the Bribery Act, as well as other key issues such as the introduction of deferred ...
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Fed to Santander: Overhaul Your Governance Practices
The Federal Reserve Board this week levied an enforcement action against Santander, ordering it to overhaul its governance practices in several areas, including board oversight, risk management, capital planning, and liquidity risk management. No financial penalties were issued. Details inside.
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The Return of 'Decimal Dust' and the SEC Penalties Act
Three years later, Sen. Chuck Grassley is re-introducing the SEC Penalties Act of 2012 -- and dusting off some old quotes.