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…
‘Kleptocapture’ Initiative Aims to Close Corruption Loopholes
The U.S. Department of Justice created what it calls Task Force KleptoCapture, “an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and…
Crackdowns on Money Laundering Networks Are Delivering Dividends
What do the next 12 months look like regarding the rising focus on anti-money laundering (AML) regulations around the world? As surveillance by regulatory bodies…
Whistleblower Accuses Hertz of Using Police as ‘Repo Men’
Rental car company Hertz is under fire from lawmakers after hundreds of customers say they were pulled over by police and told the rental car…
Sens. Grassley and Warren Focus on Strengthening SEC Whistleblower Protections
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced legislation to strengthen whistleblower protections at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Their bipartisan…
Odebrecht Scandal Continues with Arrest of Carlos Polit Faggioni in Miami
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’…