All Regulatory Enforcement articles – Page 18
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OpinionAllianz case questions if DOJ encouraging scapegoating in individual liability push
Is the Department of Justice’s focus on individual accountability in white-collar crime cases encouraging companies to scapegoat their employees? A recent court filing in a $6 billion corporate fraud case could give company officers some sleepless nights.
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PremiumExperts: New AI laws pose risk of overlap with data protection mandates
Companies are at serious risk of facing multiple fines for the same offense under different sets of legislation if the artificial intelligence technologies they employ misuse personal data or cause harm to consumers, according to legal experts.
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News BriefGoodRx facing $1.5M fine over improper sharing of health data
GoodRx agreed to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission addressing allegations the telemedicine and prescription drug discount provider shared personal health data with third parties for advertising purposes.
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News BriefWalgreens to pay $7M for accepting alleged FCA violation proceeds
Walgreens agreed to pay $7 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act that it overbilled the state of Tennessee’s Medicaid insurance program for Hepatitis C medications and kept the proceeds even after it discovered an employee’s misconduct.
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News BriefCalifornia AG launches CCPA violation sweep against mobile apps
The California attorney general announced his office notified an unspecified number of businesses with mobile apps they are failing to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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News BriefIn Touch Games fined $7.6M for AML failures by U.K. Gambling Commission
U.K. online gaming company In Touch Games was fined £6.1 million (U.S. $7.6 million) by the country’s Gambling Commission for a series of anti-money laundering failures—its third such penalty since 2019.
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News BriefEx-GigaTrust CEO sentenced to five years for $50M fraud
The former chief executive officer of email security company GigaTrust was sentenced to five years in prison for fabrications that allowed him and two other executives to defraud investors and lenders of millions.
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News BriefPopular Bank fined $2.3M by Fed over fraudulent PPP loan approvals
The Federal Reserve Board fined New York-based Popular Bank $2.3 million for processing Paycheck Protection Program loans despite finding significant indications of possible fraud in the loan applications.
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PremiumAudit exam cheating findings spark concern of endemic trend
Recent penalties against Big Four audit firms KPMG, PwC, and EY over allegations of widespread exam cheating have raised concerns prompting regulators to investigate the extent of the practice.
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FINRA enforcement head to depart, acting successor announced
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced longtime Head of Enforcement Jessica Hopper will depart Feb. 3.
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News BriefJ&J unit to pay $9.75M to settle kickback suit
A Johnson & Johnson medical device subsidiary admitted to providing thousands of dollars in equipment as kickbacks to an orthopedic surgeon as part of a $9.75 million settlement reached with the Department of Justice.
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News BriefBloomberg to pay $5M for misleading disclosures about rate calculations
Bloomberg Finance agreed to pay $5 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges alleging misleading disclosures it made about how it calculated the valuations it provided on fixed-income securities to the financial services industry.
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News BriefBanks fooled in DOJ Russian yacht sanctions evasion case
The Department of Justice’s charges against a U.K. businessman and his Russian partner for evading U.S. sanctions against a Russian oligarch provide insight into how the use of shell companies, third parties, and other methods can thwart the compliance efforts of financial institutions.
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News BriefMoors & Cabot to pay $1.9M for conflict of interest disclosure lapses
Investment adviser Moors & Cabot reached a $1.9 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations the firm didn’t fairly disclose conflicts of interest associated with incentive payments it received from two unaffiliated clearing brokers.
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News BriefNexo Capital to pay $45M for selling unregistered crypto lending product
Nexo Capital agreed to pay a total of $45 million in penalties to settle state and federal charges it failed to register its crypto asset lending product as a security.
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News BriefFCC probing T-Mobile after latest cyber incident affects 37M
The Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into T-Mobile after the telecommunications giant disclosed it suffered yet another significant cybersecurity lapse exposing customer information.
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News BriefWhatsApp fined $5.9M for lawful processing GDPR violations
The Irish Data Protection Commission announced a fine of €5.5 million (U.S. $5.9 million) against WhatsApp under the General Data Protection Regulation for forcing users to consent to updated terms and conditions or lose access to the service.
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News BriefFRC probing EY audit of Veolia unit
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council launched an investigation into Big Four audit firm EY’s work at Scotland-based Stirling Water Seafield Finance.
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News BriefCovington to contest SEC court request for breached client data
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal court to force Covington & Burling to comply with a subpoena seeking the law firm turn over names of about 300 clients impacted by a 2020 cyberattack.
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News BriefCrypto exchange Bitzlato shut down, labeled ‘money laundering concern’
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network designated Bitzlato, a Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange, as a “primary money laundering concern” in the first use of a law that targets entities that facilitate illicit Russian financial transactions.