- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Aaron Nicodemus2022-10-07T19:05:00
London-based brokerage firm Sigma Broking was fined 531,000 pounds (U.S. $589,000) for failing to report certain transactions to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Three of Sigma’s directors were fined an additional total of more than £200,000 (U.S. $222,000).
The FCA said from 2014-16, Sigma did not report, or failed to report accurately, 56,000 contracts for difference (CFD) transactions as required. Sigma also failed to report 97 suspicious transactions, the FCA said Thursday.
2023-09-18T16:10:00Z By Jeff Dale
Ridesharing company Lyft agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission it failed to disclose a pre-initial public offering stock deal that netted a member of its board millions of dollars.
2025-07-03T15:51:00Z By Ruth Prickett
The EU’s new strategy aims to boost SME growth and cut market barriers, but businesses doubt reforms will happen, and consumer groups fear weaker data protections.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
2025-06-19T19:28:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Fraud now accounts for around 40% of all crime in the U.K., posing a major problem for banks and consumers. Ted Datta, head of industry practice for financial crime compliance at Moody’s, warns that the risk is growing fast.
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