The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has created an online voluntary self-disclosure system to encourage more people to self-report possible sanctions violations.
Adrianne Appel
Adrianne Appel writes regulatory news, policy, and trends for Compliance Week. She previously reported about policy developments for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Government.
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Posted inData Privacy
FTC warns brokers to stop selling U.S. military member data to foreign adversaries
Thirteen data brokers have been warned by the Federal Trade Commission to come into compliance with a 2024 law prohibiting the selling of the personal data of U.S. residents to foreign adversaries.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence
Flops and successes: Experts at Compliance Week AI event share lessons learned with AI rollouts
A strength of artificial intelligence (AI) is its ability to detect patterns and trends in data. Organizations that deploy AI tools for that purpose have a good chance of success, especially if they employ the right guardrails.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence
AI makes it possible for FINRA to monitor 1 trillion market events per day, executive said at CW event
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has welcomed artificial intelligence (AI) with open arms—and also caution.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Two ADM execs settle with SEC over alleged profit inflations, one exec fighting back
Three former executives at Archer-Daniels-Midland intentionally misled investors by inflating the performance of the company’s Nutrition unit, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged.
Posted inTechnology
CW AI event: Boards eager for AI adoption, but governance lags
A “massive” surge in corporate leadership in adopting artitifical intelligence (AI) has been coupled with gaps in AI guardrails, according to a former Google executive speaking at a Compliance Week event on AI use in compliance.
Posted inTechnology
AI adoption high but governance and controls lag, new CW/konaAI survey finds
More than 83 percent of respondents to a new Compliance Week and konaAI survey report using artificial intelligence (AI) but only about 25 percent say their organizations have implemented a strong governance framework.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
U.S. sees steep drop in penalties in 2025, while fines elsewhere increase
Firms worldwide got a break in 2025 on penalties for anti-money laundering (AML) failures, a new report has found.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Kaiser plans pay $556M to settle Medicare upcoding allegations
Kaiser Health affiliates have agreed to pay more than $556 million to settle allegations originally made by whistleblowers that they ignored compliance department warnings and unlawfully reworked diagnoses for Medicare patients in order to receive higher payments from the federal government.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
FTC files contempt against credit card processor Cliq for alleged ongoing compliance failures
The Federal Trade Commission asked a court to hold the payment processor Cliq in contempt for allegedly “flagrantly” violating a 2015 order that the company monitor transactions for illegal charges and activity.
