The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement action against Disney for allegedly collecting personal information about children, and then threw salt in the wound by calling the company out in an alert emailed to an untold number of businesses.
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Chinese money-laundering networks moved $312B in dirty money through the U.S., FinCEN says
Suspicious activity reports filed by U.S. financial institutions show that Mexican drug cartels and human traffickers are laundering dirty funds through Chinese money laundering networks (CMLNs) operating in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Trump tries side attack on California air standards agency by alleging anti-white bias
The Trump administration has intensified its fight with California as the DOJ launched an investigation into whether the state’s environmental agency is violating federal law by pursuing racial equity.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Bankrupt Synapse fintech software company agrees to let CFPB file claim on behalf of consumers
Synapse Financial Technologies, the troubled California fintech software provider, has agreed to let the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) eventually file a claim on its bankrupt estate.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
JPMorgan Chase pays $330M to settle Malaysian fund allegations
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $330 million to settle allegations about its role in the massive, decades-long theft of Malaysian’s 1MDB state investment fund, the bank says.
An estimated $4.5 billion was robbed from the 1MDB fund, from 2009-2014, in a scheme led by Malaysian financier, Jho Low, former Goldman Sachs managing director Roger Ng, and Tim Leissner, former chairman of Southeast Asia for Goldman Sachs.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
OCC says Anchorage Digital has fulfilled its AML compliance obligations
Crypto platform Anchorage Digital has been freed of a consent order originally issued by the Treasury Department for anti-money laundering failures.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Using falsified documents, two California executives defrauded investors and lenders of $248M, DOJ says
The co-founders of a California financial tech and sustainability services company defrauded investors and lenders of $248 million, according to the Department of Justice.
Posted inData Privacy
California privacy regulator set to launch new cyber, risk assessment and automated decision rules
Businesses operating in California will need to meet new, first-in-the-nation privacy requirements for cybersecurity, risk assessments, and automated decision-making technology, under a large expansion of rules by the state.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
CVS ordered to pay nearly $290M for excessive billing against Medicare
CVS’s Caremark division knowingly overcharged Medicare for prescription drugs and must pay nearly $290 million, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ordered.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
DOJ indicts two more in connection with long-running PEMEX bribery scandal
The Department of Justice says two Mexican businessmen living in Texas allegedly bribed Mexican officials to secure $2.5 million in contracts with Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, and a subsidiary.