All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 224
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Common themes from financial statement fraud SEC enforcement actions
A new report from the Anti-Fraud Collaboration analyzes the most common financial statement fraud themes noted in SEC enforcement actions and offers insights to mitigate the top risk areas.
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All signs point to aggressive consumer protection under Biden
Consumer protection initiatives are expected to be a major area of focus for President-elect Joe Biden, who is widely anticipated to breathe new life into the enforcement priorities of federal and state agencies with such powers.
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The roles of HR and compliance in driving diversity & inclusion
If HR drives diversity and inclusion strategies, the compliance function should play an important part in overseeing related changes in organizational behavior and practices.
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Companies don’t get credit for bailing on Trump in Capitol attack aftermath
It’s shameful that it took searing images of rioters looting the Capitol building for some corporations to act on the danger President Donald Trump has posed to the country all along, writes Aaron Nicodemus.
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German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance
A German data regulator fined an online laptop and electronic goods retailer €10.4 million (U.S. $12.7 million) for video-monitoring employees for at least two years without legal basis.
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‘Excellence in Compliance Awards’ nomination deadline closed
The nomination deadline has closed for Compliance Week’s second annual “Excellence in Compliance Awards,” which for 2021 includes a new category to honor companies whose ethics and compliance programs are head and shoulders above the rest.
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Deutsche Bank to pay $130M to settle bribery, ‘spoofing’ charges
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve charges that it paid bribes to third parties to secure business deals in Asia and the Middle East, in addition to a separate commodities fraud “spoofing” case.
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Compliance implications of Boeing $2.5B fraud settlement
Boeing has agreed to pay over $2.5 billion as part of a three-year deferred prosecution agreement entered into with the Justice Department to resolve a criminal charge related to the company’s 737 MAX scandal.
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What Senate control means for Biden’s regulatory agenda
Even with Democratic control of the House and Senate, President-elect Joe Biden will still find it difficult to pass new laws, experts say.
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Video: Apple ties exec bonuses to ESG; Twitter complicit in D.C. riot
In our first Nailed It or Failed It of 2021, Aly McDevitt praises Apple’s decision to link executive bonuses to the company’s values, while Dave Lefort delivers a somber message on Twitter and social media’s role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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U.K. tax authority fines MT Global record $32.4M for AML failures
MT Global Limited, a U.K.-based money transfer company, was hit with a record £23.8 million (U.S. $32.4 million) fine by the U.K.’s tax authority for violations of anti-money laundering regulations.
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Biden names NSA cyber head to White House position
Anne Neuberger, currently the cyber-security director at the National Security Agency, has been appointed to fill a newly created cyber-security position on President-elect Joe Biden’s National Security Council.
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Five key points from the EU-U.K. Brexit trade deal
The Brexit trade deal agreed to by the European Union and United Kingdom details how all business between the two markets will be transacted from now on. Neil Hodge examines five key areas of the deal.
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Biden picks Merrick Garland for AG
Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge whose 2016 Supreme Court nomination was thwarted by Senate Republicans, has been tapped to become U.S. attorney general by President-elect Joe Biden.
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OFAC targets Iran metals sector with new sanctions
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated more than a dozen new sanctions aimed to impact the revenue production of the Iranian metals sector.
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Defense bill empowers SEC in seeking return of profits from fraud
The ability of the SEC to pursue the return of profits earned in fraudulent schemes has been strengthened as part of Congress’ passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
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Argos USA to pay $20M in price-fixing scheme
Argos USA agreed to pay a $20 million criminal penalty to resolve DOJ charges of conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate markets for sales of ready-mix concrete.
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OFAC fines French bank UBAF $8.6M for Syria-related sanctions violations
The Office of Foreign Assets Control settled with a French bank for processing payments on behalf of sanctioned Syrian financial institutions that were followed by corresponding funds transfers through the U.S. financial system.
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CFTC’s foray into FCPA enforcement creates new risk factors
The CFTC’s recent fine ladled onto a DOJ investigation into foreign corrupt practices by Swiss energy trader Vitol S.A. should force companies with any exposure in the commodities market to reexamine their risk profiles, experts say.
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Ticketmaster fined $10M for unauthorized access of rival’s systems
Ticketmaster agreed to a $10 million criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve charges that it repeatedly accessed the computer systems of a competitor without authorization to illegally gather business intelligence.