All articles by Jaclyn Jaeger – Page 100
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Parsing the Role of the New Compliance Counsel
Image: Now that the Justice Department has named Hui Chen, former global head of anti-bribery and corruption at Standard Chartered Bank, as its first-ever compliance counsel, corporations under investigation by the department can expect a more nuanced analysis of their compliance programs. Inside, we review what Chen has disclosed so ...
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Achieving a Unified View of Financial Crime Risk
Increased regulatory scrutiny and the sting of billions in fines and penalties resulting from misconduct have prompted many financial firms to pour money into their compliance programs—investments that may be in vain without a unified view of risk. The tech challenges to build that view are considerable, but not impossible ...
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Treasury Official to Banks: Manage Risk, Don’t Avoid It
During remarks this week at the American Bankers Association and the American Bar Association Money Laundering Enforcement conference, Treasury Acting Under Secretary Adam Szubin provided some clarity on de-risking and anti-money laundering controls. “We believe that most risks can and should be managed, not simply avoided altogether,” he said. More ...
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Walmart FCPA Costs Reach $705 Million
Walmart disclosed this week in an earnings call that its investigation and compliance costs resulting from potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act were approximately $30 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2016, now bringing its total costs to $705 million. To date, the retail giant has ...
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Caldwell Offers More Details on Charging Decisions
During remarks this week at the American Conference Institute’s International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, provided some additional insight regarding charging decisions in corporate prosecutions. “Greater transparency benefits everyone,” said Caldwell. More of her comments are inside.
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Justice Department Revises U.S. Attorneys’ Manual
Image: During remarks at the American Banking Association and American Bar Association Money Laundering Enforcement Conference, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced that the Department of Justice has made some significant revisions to its U.S. Attorneys’ Manual, providing new insight on how prosecutors are implementing the Yates Memo. “We ...
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Defense Dept. Steps Up Standards on IT Supply Chain Risk
Image: The Defense Department is taking a harder look at supply chain risks posed by government contractors who provide IT products and services, so compliance officers at those businesses should prepare to review how supply chain risks might affect eligibility to bid on future contracts. “This fits into the government’s ...
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Connected Medical Systems, HIPAA Audits Coming in 2016
Image: Inspectors at the Department of Health & Human Services are going to spend 2016 studying the security protocols for medical devices and electronic health records, which means compliance officers in the healthcare field should make sure your policies and controls can pass muster. Also on deck are more HIPAA ...
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Compliance Officers Increasingly Worry About Personal Liability
A survey conducted by Thomson Reuters finds that most risk and compliance professionals at financial services companies around the world expect their personal liability to increase. The report also found that an apparent lack of oversight or awareness from senior managers exacerbates the regulatory focus on accountability. More survey results ...
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Alstom Sentenced to Pay $772 Million FCPA Fine
U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the District of Connecticut has sentenced French power and transportation giant Alstom to pay a record $772 million criminal penalty to the Department of Justice to resolve charges over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The sentence marks the largest criminal fine ...
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Fed to Bank of Nova Scotia: Fix AML Controls
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services in an enforcement action this week ordered the Bank of Nova Scotia and its New York agency to significantly improve its anti-money laundering operations. The bank and the branch have 60 days to jointly submit a written enhanced ...
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Crawford & Company Self-Reports FCPA Investigation
Crawford & Company said yesterday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has launched an internal investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The claims management company also said it has voluntarily self-reported the potential FCPA violations to the SEC and the Department ...
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Latest Review of False Claims Act Compliance
Image: The Justice Department has settled a spate of False Claims Act cases with healthcare providers this fall, pointing to several important trends in FCA cases: increased scrutiny on physician payment arrangements, the broadening scope of whistleblowers, and an upsurge in FCA settlement amounts. “Enforcement agencies are aggressively using all ...
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How Mature Is Your Information Governance Function?
Image: Most companies still have much work to do to turn their information governance into “mature” programs, where they can extract insight from their troves of data while minimizing security and privacy risks, according to a new report from the Information Governance Initiative. “To date, very few organizations have taken ...
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals Discloses FCPA Probe
Alexion Pharmaceuticals said this week in a securities filing that it is being investigated by the Department of Justice concerning potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As previously disclosed, Alexion received a subpoena in May in connection with an investigation by the SEC’s Enforcement Division “requesting information related ...
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Deutsche Bank to Pay $258 Million for Sanctions Violations
Deutsche Bank today reached a $258 million settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services and the Federal Reserve regarding transactions with countries and entities subject to U.S. sanctions, including Iran, Libya, Syria, Burma, and Sudan. As part of the settlement, the bank also has agreed to install ...
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Vimplecom Braces for Massive Bribery Settlement
Amsterdam-based Vimplecom, a global telecommunication services provider, announced today that it has set aside USD$900 million in connection with an ongoing bribery investigation. The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service are conducting investigations relating primarily to VimpelCom’s business in Uzbekistan and prior ...
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Caldwell Explains New Compliance Officer Counsel
Image: During remarks at a recent conference in New York, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell offered some insight about the Justice Department’s newly established compliance counsel position and how this individual will help the Criminal Division assess compliance programs. “Unfortunately, a surprising number of companies still lack rigorous compliance programs,” ...
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Compliance Officers Brace for U.K. Senior Managers Regime
Image: During a panel discussion at Compliance Week’s Europe conference in Brussels last week, compliance executives discussed the broad implications of the new Senior Managers Regime, which makes senior executives personally accountable to regulators for their actions. You’ll also read a candid story of what a run-in with the Financial ...
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SEC Files Crowdfunding Fraud Complaint
In the same month that the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Regulation Crowdfunding, permitting startups and small businesses to raise capital by offering and selling securities through crowdfunding, the agency also filed its first complaint for crowdfunding fraud. The case highlights the emerging risk posed by online fundraising for the ...