- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2022-04-29T17:21:00
Brazilian mining company Vale was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of making false and misleading safety audit and disclosure claims prior to the January 2019 collapse of its Brumadinho dam.
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