All Justice Department articles – Page 5
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JPMorgan’s Laundry List of Government Probes
JPMorgan disclosed last week in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is under several investigations concerning a wide variety of claims, including violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, foreign exchange sales, LIBOR, and much more. “Investigations involve both formal and informal proceedings by both ...
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UTC Gets Second Subpoena in Bribery Probe
United Technologies Corp. has disclosed that it received a second subpoena from the SEC for potential violations of anti-bribery laws. UTC said the SEC issued the subpoena “seeking documents related to internal allegations of alleged violations of anti-bribery laws from UTC’s aerospace and commercial businesses, including but not limited ...
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Libor Scandal Costs Deutsche Bank $2.5 Billion in Penalties
Deutsche Bank and its subsidiary, DB Group Services (U.K.), pleaded guilty to wire fraud for their role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate and agreed to pay $775 million in criminal penalties to the Department of Justice, bringing the total amount of penalties against the bank to $2.5 billion. ...
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Sentencing Commission Shifts Focus on Fraud Punishments
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has adopted new sentencing guidelines for financial fraud, heaping more punishment on masterminds but reducing penalties for others who might be lower-level minions in such frauds. The change has provoked mixed emotions in the legal community. Some welcome the new flexibility extended to judges as they ...
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FBI Establishes International Corruption Squads
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, recently established another weapon in the battle against foreign bribery and kleptocracy-related criminal activity: three dedicated international corruption squads, based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Details inside.
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Justice Official: Criminal Law Enforcement a Collaborative Effort
Image: Criminal, civil, and regulatory authorities increasingly are collaborating with one another to enforce certain federal criminal laws. “Working closely with regulatory partners at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission … and other domestic and foreign agencies, the unit has tackled some of the largest frauds ...
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James Koukios Joins Morrison & Foerster
James Koukios, former senior deputy chief in the Fraud Section of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, has joined law firm Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the securities litigation, enforcement and white-collar criminal defense practice group. Details inside.
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BSI SA to Pay $211 Million Penalty Under Swiss Bank Program
BSI SA, one of the 10 largest private banks in Switzerland, this week became the first bank to reach a resolution under the Department of Justice’s Swiss Bank Program, which provides a means for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United States. BSI will pay a $211 ...
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BNY Mellon Settles FX Charges, Will Pay $714 Million
Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to pay $714 million in a series of settlements related to accusations it fraudulently overcharged clients on foreign exchange currency transactions. The settlements stem from long-running lawsuits by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and New York’s Attorney General.
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Justice Department Extends Biomet DPA
The Department of Justice will extend for an additional year a deferred-prosecution agreement reached in 2012 with Biomet, after the medical device maker self-reported additional potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The three-year DPA, which would have expired March 26, 2015, will now expire on March 26, 2016. ...
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole Joins Sidley Austin
James Cole, Deputy Attorney General of the United States, has joined law firm Sidley as a partner in its white-collar government litigation and investigations practice. Cole will focus his practice on the full range of federal enforcement and internal investigation matters, with a particular emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters. ...
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$1.45B Commerzbank Settlement Hits AML Controls
Germany-based Commerzbank and its U.S. branch, Commerz New York, will pay a total of $1.45 billion in penalties to resolve criminal charges for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Bank Secrecy Act. The settlement provides a litany of lessons on the importance of implementing proper anti-money ...
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Credit Suisse CEO Ousted After Tax Plea
Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan is stepping down after the bank pleaded guilty to criminal charges and violation of U.S tax laws, which resulted in $2.8 billion in fines by U.S regulators. The Swiss bank named Tidjane Thiam, Prudential’s current CEO, as Dougan’s successor. More inside.
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SEC’s Ceresney: Common FCPA Violations in Pharma Industry
Image: From remarks last week at a conference in Washington D.C., SEC Director of Enforcement Andrew Ceresney highlighted three types of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act misconduct that most often arise in the pharmaceutical industry: pay-to-prescribe, formulary drugs, and charitable contributions. More of Ceresney’s observations are inside.
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Akamai Self-Reports FCPA Probe
Akamai Technologies disclosed in its annual report with the SEC that it is conducting an internal investigation related to potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The cloud services provider said it voluntarily reported the internal investigation to the SEC and Department of Justice last month. Details inside.
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Eli Lilly: Justice Department Drops FCPA Probe
Eli Lilly announced in a regulatory filing last week that the Department of Justice has closed its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation without bringing any charges. The parallel investigation followed a $29.4 million civil settlement that the drug company reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2012 for FCPA ...
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AstraZeneca to Pay $7.9 Million for False Claims Act Violations
Drug maker AstraZeneca this week agreed to pay $7.9 million to the government to resolve allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act. “We will continue to pursue pharmaceutical companies that pay kickbacks to pharmacy benefit managers,” said acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce ...
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TEVA Expands Scope of FCPA Probe
An internal investigation that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries began three years ago into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to expand in scope, and further appears to have found evidence of wrongdoing, the company stated in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Details inside.
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CW 2015 Preview: Assessing Antitrust Risks
Image: Enforcement of antitrust law is rising around the world, particularly in some of the most desirable markets for overseas expansion, including China, India, Brazil, and Mexico. Inside, we have an overview of how to assess your antitrust risks—which can be quite different from one country (or one product line) ...
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S&P to Pay $1.375 Billion for Ratings Misconduct
Image: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial reached a $1.375 billion settlement with the Department of Justice for engaging in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products. “As part of the resolution, S&P admitted facts demonstrating that it misrepresented itself to investors ...