By Kyle Brasseur2021-10-12T21:36:00
Jose Carlos Grubisich was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his role in a scheme to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in bribe payments from Braskem to government officials and political parties in Brazil.
2021-04-16T15:44:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
The former CEO of Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in bribe payments from the company to government officials and political parties in Brazil.
2021-03-15T16:45:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Brazil-based petrochemical giant Braskem disclosed the launch of an internal investigation into allegations of “improper payments” related to an ethane supply project in Mexico.
2016-12-22T12:15:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Global construction company Odebrecht, based in Brazil, and Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion—the largest foreign bribery case in history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
2025-07-15T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reportedly ended two investigations into Polymarket, a popular online crypto betting service that calls itself a “prediction market.” The move continues the Trump administration’s pro-crypt agenda.
2025-07-14T20:27:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it has settled with telemedicine service Southern Health Solutions, Inc. over allegations the company used deceptive pricing and weight-loss claims, along with fake reviews and testimonials, to sell its weight-loss programs.
2025-07-14T15:36:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Serious bullying and harassment count as misconduct in regulated financial services firms, per a July 1 clarification by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which said non-financial misconduct rules now applied only to banks will extend to 37,000 more firms starting September 1, 2026.
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