The SEC has named Sharon B. Binger as the new director of its Philadelphia Regional Office. Binger fills the vacancy created in October 2013, when Dan Hawke stepped down as director to focus on leading the Enforcement Division's Market Abuse Unit. As director of the office, Binger is responsible for overseeing SEC enforcement and examinations in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Binger joined the Enforcement Division in 2008, and has been an assistant regional director in the New York office since 2011. The SEC highlighted her work leading the agency's investigation into Total S.A. for FCPA violations, among other cases. The Total S.A. investigation resulted in one of the largest-ever FCPA settlements when the company agreed to pay more than $398 million to settle the SEC's charges and a parallel criminal matter.

Binger also led the SEC's investigation into FCPA violations by Stryker Corporation, which led to a $13.2 million settlement in 2013. 

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