All articles by Adrianne Appel – Page 22
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ArticleEpic Games to pay $520M over COPPA, trick purchase charges
Epic Games, developer of the popular video game Fortnite, agreed to pay a record-breaking $520 million in penalties and restitution to settle allegations it violated online child privacy laws and employed illegal purchase patterns.
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ArticleSEC, DOJ charge traders with fraud in $47M front-running scheme
An equity trader was charged with unlawfully disclosing inside, nonpublic information about upcoming trades to a retired professional trader, resulting in $47 million in illegal gains.
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PremiumTPRM due diligence best practices: No one-size-fits-all approach
Panelists at CW’s virtual TPRM and Oversight Summit stressed patience in developing proper risk management and due diligence practices, advising companies to find their “north star.”
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PremiumCompliance budgets, staffing brace for impact of recession prep efforts
Respondents to our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey whose businesses are anticipating an economic recession note smaller budgets and the delay of new initiatives among efforts already undertaken to cut costs.
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ArticleSurvey: Measuring the impact of code of conduct training
Respondents to a survey from Compliance Week and online compliance training provider Traliant largely described their organization’s code of conduct training as effective, but the opportunity for customized, dynamic courses can take learning to the next level.
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ArticleRabobank probed by Dutch prosecutors over potential AML violations
Rabobank, the second largest bank in the Netherlands, is being investigated by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service for potential violations of the country’s anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism law.
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Ex-Weber Shandwick CFO imprisoned 4-plus years for embezzlement
The former chief financial officer and chief operating officer of public relations firm Weber Shandwick was sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $26 million for a nearly decade-long embezzling scheme.
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ArticleU.S. law to stop Uyghur forced labor remains compliance challenge
It’s been six months since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act took effect, and businesses are no clearer today on how to comply with it, those familiar with the law said.
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ArticleAT&T to pay record $6.25M in Reg FD case
AT&T agreed to pay $6.25 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing allegations three of its executives fed sensitive financial information to Wall Street research analysts and not investors.
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ArticleAvaya discloses ICFR weaknesses linked to whistleblower logs
Avaya Holdings disclosed its assessment of internal control over financial reporting in its fiscal year 2021 annual report can’t be relied upon, along with acknowledging weaknesses in its ethics and compliance program.
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ArticleSEC revokes securities of LegacyXChange for reporting failures
E-commerce platform operator LegacyXChange had its securities revoked by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to file required reports to the agency for four years.
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ArticleEx-Iconix CEO found guilty of accounting fraud
Neil Cole, the former CEO of Iconix Brand Group, faces possible jail time after his conviction of fraudulently inflating the brand management company’s revenue and misleading investors and auditors.
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ArticleDOJ seeking Rennova Health return pandemic relief funds
The Department of Justice requested Rennova Health repay Covid-19 relief funds it received in 2020 as part of a whistleblower lawsuit against the healthcare services provider alleging ineligible use of the money.
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ArticleUnisys: Probe identified ‘material weaknesses’ in disclosure controls
IT services company Unisys Corp. revealed the discovery of faults in its internal control over financial reporting, including involving its compliance functions, following an internal investigation it first disclosed earlier this month.
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ArticleBig penalties, admissions fuel record SEC enforcement year
The Securities and Exchange Commission collected more than $6.4 billion in enforcement penalties, fees, and interest in fiscal year 2022—the largest amount in the agency’s history and a massive increase over a transition year in 2021.
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ArticleS&P Global fined $2.5M over conflict of interest lapses
Credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings agreed to pay $2.5 million and improve its compliance practices to settle allegations by the SEC that its marketing team pressured the ratings team concerning the rating of a particular mortgage-backed security transaction.
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ArticleEx-Mylan chief information officer charged over insider trading scheme
The chief information officer at former pharmaceutical company Mylan was charged with insider trading for tipping off a former colleague about the firm’s impending merger with a division of Pfizer, among other matters.
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ArticlePIC Renegade Properties to pay $400K for investment fund violations
A general partner in a real estate investment fund agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations it failed to register the fund and take reasonable steps to verify investors were accredited, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced.
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ArticleInsurance broker Gallagher latest target of DOJ Ecuador probe
Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher is under investigation by the Department of Justice related to its business in Ecuador.
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ArticleEx-CEO at NS8 imprisoned 5 years, to forfeit $17.5M for fabricating revenue
The co-founder of NS8, a cyber-fraud prevention company, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $17.5 million for defrauding investors of more than $100 million, the Department of Justice announced.