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ArticleInsurance broker Gallagher latest target of DOJ Ecuador probe
Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher is under investigation by the Department of Justice related to its business in Ecuador.
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FCA fines JLT Specialty $9.7M for financial crime control lapses
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined a unit of insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group 7.9 million pounds (U.S. $9.7 million) for failing to control financial crime within its South and Central American subsidiaries.
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DOJ declines FCPA prosecution of insurance broker JLT
The Department of Justice informed Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Holdings it would not face prosecution under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act despite alleged evidence of nearly $3.2 million the company paid in bribes to Ecuadorian government officials.
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Energy trader Vitol to pay $164M in FCPA case
The U.S. affiliate of global energy and commodity trading company Vitol will pay approximately $164 million to settle charges of bribery, corruption, and manipulative and deceptive conduct levied by multiple regulators, including historic involvement by the CFTC.
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Sargeant Marine to pay $16.6M in FCPA case
Sargeant Marine has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA and agreed to a $16.6 million criminal fine to resolve the charges, the Department of Justice announced.
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Ecuador to expedite privacy law following massive breach
The Ecuadorian government has given itself 72 hours to finish drafting a national privacy law following a massive data breach that put the personal information of perhaps its entire population at risk.
