Cruise line operator Carnival Corp. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1 million penalty for violating a condition of its probation relating to its environmental compliance plan.
2022
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Apollo appoints chief accounting officer
Apollo announced the appointment of Louis-Jacques Tanguy as chief accounting officer and controller. He will serve in these roles at Apollo Global Management and Apollo Asset Management.
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Imperva adds chief compliance officer and general counsel
Cybersecurity software company Imperva has appointed Brad Steiner general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Edgewell Personal Care names chief accounting officer
Consumer products company Edgewell Personal Care has named Priscilla Kasenchak chief accounting officer.
Posted inData Privacy
Report: Financial services fines drop 49 percent in 2021
The value of penalties against global financial services firms in 2021 dropped to half the total levied in 2020, according to research by compliance technology provider Fenergo.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Elizabeth Holmes verdict primes DOJ for white-collar crackdown
For Department of Justice leadership that recently laid out plans to strengthen their response to corporate crime, the outcome of the Elizabeth Holmes trial is an arrow in the quiver for what might be a new age of white-collar enforcement.
Posted inEurope
Mishcon de Reya fined $316K for AML failings
The Solicitors Regulation Authority, the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales, announced British law firm Mishcon de Reya has agreed to pay a financial penalty of £232,500 (U.S. $316,000) for AML compliance violations.
Posted inRisk Management
Report: Cryptocurrency-related crime reaches record $14B in 2021
The amount of illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached an all-time high in 2021 at $14 billion, according to a Chainalysis study due out next month. The rise coincides with significant increases in the overall volume of crypto transactions.
Posted inEurope
France’s CNIL fines Google, Facebook $237M combined over cookies consent
French data privacy watchdog CNIL again sidestepped the GDPR in fining Google and Facebook a combined €210 million (U.S. $237 million) for making it too difficult for users to refuse cookies when accessing their websites.
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Supply chains brace for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
President Joe Biden signed into law a measure that introduces a U.S. import ban on goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China through forced labor.
