All Regulatory Enforcement articles – Page 61
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ArticleRaymond James unit fined $500K for supervisory failures
A broker-dealer unit of Raymond James Financial agreed to pay $500,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged supervisory failures that included the input of a misinformed compliance officer.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: Tech most subject to regulator scrutiny over next 5 years?
Four senior compliance practitioners offer what they believe will be the technology currently on the market that will receive the most attention from regulators over the next five years.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: Accounting for regulator expectations in using new tech
Regulatory environments are ever evolving; four senior compliance practitioners detail what their respective businesses do to ensure compliance while utilizing new technologies.
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ArticleArcadia fined $90K for custody rule violations; CCO to undergo training
New York-based investment adviser Arcadia Wealth Management will pay $90,000 for violating a Securities and Exchange Commission rule by failing to obtain “surprise” examinations of advisory client assets.
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ArticleToews fined $150K over proxy voting violations
Investment adviser Toews Corp. agreed to pay $150,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over proxy voting rule violations that prompted two commissioners to issue a dissenting statement.
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ArticleIreland interpretations of GDPR criticized again in Instagram case
In fining Instagram a record €405 million (U.S. $405 million) for General Data Protection Regulation violations regarding the safeguarding of teenage users’ data, the Irish Data Protection Commission took some heat of its own.
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Waddell & Reed to pay $775K over wrap fee compliance failures
Investment adviser Waddell & Reed will pay about $775,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for compliance failures and breaching its fiduciary duty.
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Sparkster to pay $35M for selling unregistered crypto securities
Software development company Sparkster and its CEO Sajjad Daya agreed to collectively pay more than $35 million for the offer and sale of unregistered crypto securities.
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ArticleMorgan Stanley unit fined $35M for mishandling customer data
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney agreed to pay $35 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges it repeatedly disregarded the safeguarding of clients’ personal data in decommissioning local storage devices.
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ArticleCFTC commissioner calls for agency to require more admissions of guilt
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero would like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to stop offering no-fault settlements as a matter of routine but instead force more individuals and corporations to accept responsibility for their wrongdoing.
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South Korea data regulator fines Google, Meta combined $72M
South Korea’s data regulator fined Google and Meta a total of ₩100 billion (U.S. $72 million) for violating the country’s personal data collection law, which forbids the collection and use of personal information without user consent.
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ArticleSEC fines four in pay-to-play enforcement sweep
Four investment advisers were fined between $45,000 and $95,000 by the Securities and Exchange Commission for violating the agency’s pay-to-play rule.
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ArticleBrazil airline Gol settles FCPA bribery charges for $41M
Brazilian airline Gol agreed to pay $41 million as part of reduced settlements addressing bribery investigations conducted by authorities in the United States and Brazil.
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ArticleDOJ to emphasize individual accountability, prior misconduct in corporate crime probes
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced sweeping changes to the Department of Justice’s efforts to fight corporate crime, including new guidance regarding individual accountability, voluntary self-disclosure, compliance monitors, and ways to strengthen compliance culture.
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ArticleRegulation by enforcement does nobody any favors
To see a prominent representative from the CFTC accuse the SEC of “regulation by enforcement” might raise the eyebrow of some observers. But it shouldn’t—not when that’s the latter’s stated strategy.
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ArticleAkorn to pay $7.9M for Medicare false claims
Drug manufacturer Akorn Operating Company agreed to pay $7.9 million in a settlement with the Department of Justice for continuing to sell three drugs through Medicare when they were no longer covered under the program.
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ArticleDanske Bank fined $1.8M over AML checks in Ireland
Danske Bank was fined €1.82 million (U.S. $1.82 million) by the Central Bank of Ireland for omitting customers from automated financial crime checks between 2010-19 and failing to notify the regulator.
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ArticleLoop Capital fined $100K over municipal adviser registration violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission for the first time punished a broker-dealer—Chicago-based Loop Capital Markets—for providing advice to a municipal entity without registering with the agency as a municipal adviser.
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ArticleEx-CEO of environmental consultant imprisoned 3 years for false reports
DiAne Gordon, the former CEO and co-owner of Environmental Compliance & Testing, was sentenced to three years in prison for fabricating water quality reports that were sent to state environmental agencies.
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Prosperity Bank to pay $19K in first PPP lender false claims settlement
Houston-based Prosperity Bank will pay approximately $18,700 to resolve allegations it processed a Paycheck Protection Program loan for an ineligible recipient in what is believed to be a landmark False Claims Act settlement.