All Department of Justice articles – Page 36
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A look at the new corporate monitorship policy
The Department of Justice on Oct. 11 issued revised guidance to establish standards, policies, and procedures for the selection of monitors in matters being handled by Criminal Division attorneys. The new guidance further refines the factors that go into the determination of whether a monitor is needed and clarifies and ...
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Petrobras case sheds light on how to avoid a corporate monitor
Any company under a criminal investigation by the U.S. government looking to avoid the appointment of a compliance monitor will want to take a page from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras. Gibson Dunn partner Joe Warin, who represented Petrobras, offers some tips inside.
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Department of Justice updates, renames U.S. Attorneys’ Manual
The Department of Justice announced the roll out of an updated U.S. Attorneys’ Manual, now titled the Justice Manual. It is the first comprehensive review and overhaul of the manual in more than 20 years.
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Still MIA: 2016 inspection report on KPMG
Audit regulators remain mum on when, if ever, they will publish a report on their 2016 inspection of Big 4 audit firm KPMG.
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Ensco: U.S. authorities will not be bringing enforcement actions
U.K.-based offshore drilling contractor Ensco announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission do not intend to bring enforcement actions in connection with a previously disclosed investigation into alleged irregularities related to a drilling services contract.
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Swiss bank to pay $60.4M in U.S. tax evasion case
Swiss bank Basler Kantonalbank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay $60.4 million in total penalties for conspiring with others to evade U.S. taxes, the Department of Justice announced.
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Microsoft offers details into reported corruption probe
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. authorities are investigating Microsoft over a bribery and corruption matter in Hungary, some details of which the company shared with Compliance Week.
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FCPA inquiry into Güralp Systems Limited ends as SFO investigation continues
Consistent with its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, the Department of Justice has closed its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act inquiry into U.K. company Güralp Systems, without bringing any action, as the maker of seismic testing equipment faces an ongoing parallel investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office.
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Wells Fargo hit with $2B penalty for misrepresenting quality of loans used in RMBS
The Department of Justice on Aug. 1 announced that Wells Fargo and several of its affiliates will pay a $2.09 billion civil penalty based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential mortgage loans that it knew contained misstated income information and did not meet the quality that Wells ...
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Justice Department signs addendum to NPA with Bank Lombard Odier
The Department of Justice has signed an addendum to a non-prosecution agreement with Bank Lombard Odier of Zurich Switzerland. The original NPA was signed on Dec. 31, 2015.
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DoJ launches new task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
The Justice Department, empowered by an executive order by President Trump, is creating a new, multi-agency task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. The plan was detailed, on Wednesday, in public remarks by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
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Credit Suisse subsidiary settles FCPA violations
The SEC has announced that Credit Suisse Group AG will pay $30 million to settle allegations that it rigged hiring practices to win business in the obtained investment banking business in the Asia-Pacific region, an FCPA violation. Credit Suisse also agreed to a $47 million settlement with the Justice Department.
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Glencore receives subpoena from Department of Justice
Switzerland-based Glencore Ltd, a subsidiary of Glencore plc, said Tuesday it received a subpoena on July 2 from the U.S. Department of Justice to produce documents and other records with respect to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and U.S. money laundering statutes.
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Beam Suntory to pay $8M in FCPA case
Beam Suntory subsidiary Beam India was charged by the SEC with making improper payments to various government officials to obtain or retain business in the Indian market. Beam was fined $8M, but neither admitted nor denied the the allegations.
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Two Roadrunner Transportation Systems execs charged in $245M securities fraud scheme
The Department of Justice has charged two former executives of Roadrunner Transportation Systems in an indictment unsealed on June 15 for their alleged participation in a complex accounting and securities fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $245 million in shareholder value.
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Credit Suisse to pay $47M in FCPA fines over hiring practices
Credit Suisse has become the latest financial institution to pay a penalty—to the tune of $47 million—and enter a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice concerning questionable hiring practices in the Asia Pacific region.
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Legg Mason to pay $64.2M in FCPA case
Investment management firm Legg Mason entered a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay $64.2 million to resolve an investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning Legg Mason’s participation in a Libyan bribery scheme, the Department of Justice announced.
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SocGen to pay $860M in FCPA and LIBOR case
French banking group Société Générale and its wholly owned subsidiary, SGA Société Générale Acceptance, will pay a combined total penalty of more than $860 million to resolve charges with criminal authorities in the United States and France, the Department of Justice announced June 4.
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Legg Mason accrues $67M charge to earnings for FCPA matter
U.S. investment management firm Legg Mason disclosed in a securities filing on May 30 that it expects to soon complete negotiations with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.
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New Justice Dept. policy encourages coordination
The Department of Justice has announced a new policy that encourages coordination internally and with other enforcement agencies when imposing multiple penalties for the same conduct. The move is another step in the Department’s efforts toward greater transparency and consistency in corporate enforcement.