A former senior Ecuadorean official who was convicted in his home country of extorting millions from Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht S.A. was arrested in Miami…
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Celebrate Success of Whistleblower Program
During a keynote speech earlier this month, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Rostin Behnam celebrated the success of the organization’s whistleblower program,…
Francis Haugen Slams Nick Clegg for Misleading Meta
Tireless whistleblower Frances Haugen says the wrong man is guiding Mark Zuckerberg in what is being termed a breakthrough revelation. The ex-company executive, who is…
US Treasury Needs Help from Whistleblower to Track Down Hidden Russian Assets
The US Treasury Department has established a new program, the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program, to incentivize whistleblowers to identify and help recover Russian oligarchs’…
SPACS Proving to Be a Regulator’s Nightmare
In a recent interview with Fox Business, Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt explained the many “concerns” surrounding a special purpose acquisition company or (SPAC) on…
Former Paraguayan Lawmaker Slapped with Jail Sentence for Money Laundering Cocaine Scheme
A former member of Paraguay’s Congress was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for her role in an international money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Indian AML Startup IntelleWings Raises $650k in pre-Series A Financing
ntelleWings Private Limited, an AI-powered and SaaS enabled AML/CFT (Combating the Financing of Terrorism) Compliance company, today announced that it has raised $650K in pre-Series…
Francis Haugen Wants Civil Society to Have Access to Platform Data Under New Law
Francis Haugen became known worldwide as one of the most famous whistleblowers when she stepped forward to disclose tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents…
Insider Trading at Twilio Results in Charges against 7 Defendants
Three employees at San Francisco cloud communications company Twilio are among seven people charged in connection with a $1 million insider trading scheme, the Securities…
Major Money Laundering Case Snares Lebanon’s Central Bank
Authorities in three European countries have frozen more than $130 million in assets linked to an investigation into money laundering in Lebanon, a European Union…