The pharmaceutical and retail lobby groups have spent enormous sums of money on lobbying in recent years, and it appears that they have gotten the…
Xcalibur Aerospace Founder Charged with Fraud over Unfinanced Takeover Bid
Melville ten Cate, the Dutch founder and CEO of Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, has always been an extravagant personality. But now he can add another item…
Private Equity Group HIG Capital Defeats Whistleblower Suit over Medicare Fraud
When it comes to white-collar crime, it helps to be a private equity firm with good lawyers using subsidiary companies to do the dirty work…
Billionaire Viktor Vekselberg’s Yacht Seized in Spain
Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the Tango), a 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian…
Chinese Money Laundering Network Targeted in Australian Casino Probe
For decades, billionaire property developer Phillip Dong Fang Lee was a VIP at the Star Entertainment Group casino in Sydney’s glitzy Darling Harbour district, racking…
How Apple’s Most Famous Whistleblowers Turned on Each Other
Apple is broadly regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious and aspirational brands, a popular cultural appeal that has allowed them, year after year,…
Microsoft Whistleblower Dishes on Widespread FCPA Abuses in Africa and the Middle East
In a recent essay published on the Lioness platform, Yasser Elabd, a former executive with Microsoft, provides a richly detailed expose of misconduct by the…
Biden’s Budget Includes a Raft of AML Provisions
Increased defense spending and assistance to the Ukrainian government in Kyiv grabbed many of the headlines regarding President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget. However, funding…
Two Puerto Rican Executives Arrested on 92-Count Money Laundering Indictment
On March 31, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a 92-count indictment charging two individuals with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity…
Former Corsa Coal Exec Slapped with FCPA Charges over Egypt Bribes
If coal weren’t already dirty enough as an energy source, it’s also been an industry which has long attracted unlawful conduct abroad. On Thursday a…