- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Adrianne Appel2022-09-14T19:19:00
The former chief executive officer of an environmental consultant was sentenced to three years in prison for fabricating at least 405 water quality reports that were sent to state environmental agencies as part of the environmental permitting process.
DiAne Gordon, also a former co-owner of Tennessee-based Environmental Compliance & Testing (ECT), submitted false reports starting in 2017 to regulators in Tennessee and Mississippi, the Department of Justice said in a press release Monday. Gordon was sentenced by Judge John Fowlkes Jr. of the Western District of Tennessee to 26 months for engaging in fraud and received an additional 10 months for engaging in criminal conduct while she was under supervision.
Gordon must also pay approximately $222,000 in restitution.
2025-06-26T20:22:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In another sign of President Donald Trump’s focus on cryptocurrency, the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to create proposals to consider crypto assets for a single-family home mortgage.
2025-06-26T18:40:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Three Mexican financial institutions will be barred from transacting with U.S.-based banks after a U.S. Treasury agency determined that the institutions allowed their networks to aid the illegal fentanyl trade of Mexican criminal organizations.
2025-06-26T15:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Bank examiners at the Federal Reserve Board will no longer assess reputational risk during examinations, a concession to the banking industry already underway with two other U.S. regulators.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
2025-06-19T19:28:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Fraud now accounts for around 40% of all crime in the U.K., posing a major problem for banks and consumers. Ted Datta, head of industry practice for financial crime compliance at Moody’s, warns that the risk is growing fast.
2025-06-16T18:04:00Z By Neil Hodge
Trying to put rules in place to oversee an industry that has grown largely outside of regulation is not without serious challenges. But the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) latest consultation aims to attract industry views about how some key aspects of crypto trading should be regulated ahead of planned ...
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