- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2024-06-18T19:49:00
Guidehouse and Nan McKay and Associates will pay a total of $11.3 million to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle allegations that cybersecurity failures led to the theft of client personal information during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guidehouse agreed to pay about $7.6 million, while NM agreed to pay $3.7 million, the DOJ announced in a press release Monday.
The case resolved claims brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Elevation 33, an entity owned by a former Guidehouse employee. The former employee will receive about $1.9 million of the settlement.
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A business communications and marketing services company agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission over cybersecurity-related control violations.
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued guidance for small businesses attempting to comply with its cybersecurity regulations.
The announcement of a record year in several areas of False Claims Act enforcement at the Department of Justice was accompanied by a warning that more significant cases are coming, particularly regarding cybersecurity-related claims.
Precision Toxicology has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers in three cases, that the company billed the federal government for unnecessary drug tests and paid kickbacks to doctors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
Fund management company WisdomTree will pay $4 million to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly invested in fossil fuel and tobacco companies in environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds despite promising to avoid them.
A Vietnamese alcohol company has agreed to pay $860,000 to settle allegations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that its business with North Korea involved U.S. financial institutions.
