Hyzon Motors, a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy vehicles, was assessed a $25 million penalty by the Securities and Exchange Commission in agreeing to settle charges it and its former executives misled investors regarding the sales of its vehicles.
Kyle Brasseur
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BDO fined $2M by PCAOB for estimate evaluation lapses
BDO was assessed a $2 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board addressing alleged failures in the firm’s audit work at defunct healthcare services provider AAC Holdings.
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JPMorgan to pay $75M in latest Epstein-related settlement
JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $75 million as part of a settlement with the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands regarding the bank’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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SEC obtains judgment against J.H. Darbie in SARs reporting case
New York-based brokerage firm J.H. Darbie & Co. consented to pay a $125,000 penalty to resolve charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the firm failed to report suspicious activity regarding penny stock transactions.
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Deutsche Bank unit fined $25M in ESG, AML settlements
DWS Investment Management Americas agreed to pay $25 million in penalties across separate settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged misstatements in environmental, social, and governance investments and anti-money laundering violations.
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Citadel Securities fined $7M for mismarked short, long sales
Miami-based broker-dealer Citadel Securities was fined $7 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing mismarked short and long sales caused by a coding error in the firm’s automated trading system.
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Goldman Sachs fined $6M by SEC over admitted data inaccuracies
Goldman Sachs & Co. was assessed a $6 million penalty by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a settlement in which the financial institution admitted it submitted incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information affecting at least 163 million transactions.
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Emigrant Bank to pay $32K in Iran sanctions case
New York-based Emigrant Bank agreed to pay nearly $32,000 as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control addressing apparent sanctions violations regarding an account it maintained for a pair of Iranian residents.
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DOJ official: Compliance must have ‘prominent seat’ at M&A decision table
The Department of Justice is gearing up to provide more guidance on voluntary self-disclosures in the mergers and acquisitions space and the role compliance should play.
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Path to ESG assurance a crawl-walk-run exercise
It’s important companies exercise patience when determining when to begin an assurance engagement, experts explained during a session at CW’s virtual ESG Summit.