Articles | Compliance Week – Page 67
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Apria appoints chief accounting officer
Home medical equipment and supply company Apria has appointed Christopher Lee to the newly created position of chief accounting officer.
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ArticleFed increasing LIBOR scrutiny as finish line nears
Financial institutions’ transition efforts away from the London Interbank Offered Rate will be intensely scrutinized by the Federal Reserve as the expiration deadline of the benchmark interest rate looms.
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ArticlePetrobras fulfills obligations of 3-year FCPA agreement
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras announced it has met the obligations of a three-year agreement reached with the Department of Justice for playing a role in one of the world’s largest political corruption investigations.
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ArticleFRC investigating Mazars over French Connection audit
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council has begun an investigation into Mazars concerning its audit of financially ailing retail company French Connection Group, which has just been sold.
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ArticleSenate confirms U.S. attorneys to lead SDNY, EDNY
The Senate confirmed Damian Williams and Breon Peace to lead U.S. attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively. Williams becomes the first Black prosecutor to ever lead the SDNY.
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ArticleCompliance implications of drugmakers’ $447M False Claims Act settlements
Three pharmaceutical manufacturers—Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Sandoz, and Apotex Corp.—will pay a total of $447.2 million for alleged violations of the False Claims Act related to price-fixing.
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ArticleCalifornia privacy agency names executive director
The nation’s first state data privacy agency has selected former FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani to serve as its executive director overseeing enforcement and rulemaking of the CCPA and, eventually, the CPRA.
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ArticleLessons learned from actions of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen
Many whistleblowers are forced to take their complaints outside the company because their attempts to address the problems internally are rebuffed or ignored. Facebook is paying the price for that inaction.
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ArticleUpdated PhRMA Code addresses company-sponsored speaker programs
New voluntary standards issued by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America will soon take effect offering guidance related to company-sponsored speaker programs.
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ArticlePandora Papers: Takeaways for compliance
The “Pandora Papers” could open Pandora’s box for all businesses and organizations found to be entangled in its worldwide web of shell companies, offshore tax havens, and secret trusts.
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ArticleNeiman Marcus data breach exposes personal info of 4.6M customers
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus discovered last month a May 2020 data breach that exposed personal and financial information contained in the online accounts of approximately 4.6 million customers.
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ArticleWaFd Bank to pay $2.5M for AML/BSA deficiencies
Washington Federal Bank has agreed to pay $2.5 million in accordance with a consent order reached with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in February 2018.
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ArticlePetrofac to pay $105M for widespread bribery scheme
Petrofac was ordered to pay £77 million (U.S. $105 million) to conclude a long-running investigation into allegations company executives paid to win lucrative oil contracts in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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ArticleFRC probing Crowe over Akazoo audit
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council announced the start of an investigation into audit firm Crowe UK concerning the financial statements of Luxembourg-incorporated on-demand music streaming subscription company Akazoo.
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ArticleLPL Financial to pay $4.8M to settle claims of poor KYC procedures
The nation’s presumed top independent broker-dealer will pay more than $4.8 million to settle AML charges stemming from its alleged failure to reconcile inconsistencies of a new customer who would scam a Puerto Rican city out of millions of dollars.
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ArticlePCAOB fines Deloitte Canada $350K for quality control failures
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $350,000 civil penalty on Deloitte Canada for reasonable assurance quality control failures regarding an electronic work paper system update.
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ArticleSNC-Lavalin touts compliance enhancements amid fresh corruption charges
Enforcement authorities in Canada arrested and brought charges against two former executives of SNC-Lavalin and its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin International, for their role in a bribery scheme that occurred two decades ago.
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ArticleRohit Chopra confirmed as CFPB director; more dominoes to follow?
The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a party-line vote. Lawmakers will soon shift their attention to his replacement at the Federal Trade Commission.
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ICA announces virtual African compliance event
The International Compliance Association will host a three-day virtual conference to explore the latest regulatory and financial crime compliance developments and challenges in Africa.
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ArticleSEC charges ex-Goldman compliance analyst with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former senior compliance analyst at Goldman Sachs who abused his position of authority unbeknownst to the investment bank with insider trading.