KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom operator, will pay $6.3 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for violations of the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal, enforcement, technology, and more. Prior to joining CW, she spent four years as a legal reporter for Lawyer’s Weekly. Jaclyn attended undergraduate school at St. Joseph’s College of Maine and graduate school at Emerson College, earning degrees in journalism.
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Comerica discloses CFPB investigation
Financial services firm Comerica disclosed in a regulatory filing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating certain of its business practices.
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Third-party cybersecurity monitoring: Tips for keeping vendors honest
A continuous monitoring cybersecurity strategy for third-party risks goes a long way toward proactively identifying external vulnerabilities. At CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit, a panel of experts shared leading practices.
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Report: Accounting enforcement at SEC, PCAOB down in 2021
The amount of accounting and audit enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board decreased in 2021, resulting in a sharp decline in monetary settlements, according to Cornerstone Research.
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Best practices to achieve a continuous assurance cybersecurity model
A panel of cybersecurity experts shared tips for achieving continuous assurance and getting necessary buy-in at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
DOJ Fraud Section 2021 review: FCPA resolutions down
The Department of Justice entered into eight corporate resolutions in all of 2021, a decrease from 13 the previous year, according to the Fraud Section’s annual report. Three resolutions included violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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FINRA sanctions compliance officer for AML failures
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has ordered a compliance officer to pay $25,000 for failing to establish and implement a “reasonably designed” anti-money laundering compliance program at the brokerage firm where he worked.
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DOJ arrests in Bitfinex case highlight inner workings of crypto laundering scheme
The Department of Justice arrested two individuals over an alleged conspiracy to launder approximately $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen in the 2016 hack of digital asset trading platform Bitfinex.
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How Accor manages global data privacy compliance
Marie-Christine Vittet, vice president of compliance at hospitality chain Accor, shares with Compliance Week the company’s journey toward a global data privacy compliance program.
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Tesla discloses new SEC subpoena over Elon Musk settlement
Electric car maker Tesla disclosed in a regulatory filing it received a subpoena from the SEC regarding its settlement with the regulator designed to rein in CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter posts.