New guidelines announced with little fanfare by the world’s anti-money laundering watchdog this month were unrelated to the race to punish the Kremlin and its…
WeChat Embroiled in Sprawling Money Laundering Scheme
Chinese financial regulators are deliberating over a record fine for Tencent’s mobile payment product WeChat Pay, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The exact…
SEC Awards Fraud Whistleblowers $14m Reward for Exposing Fraud
On March 11, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a whistleblower award of approximately $14 million to an individual who published an online…
Bankers Responsible for Defrauding $4b from Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Escape Accountability
The long running saga of Roger Ng and his former boss at Goldman Sachs, Tim Leissner, and their complicity in the scheme to bilk more…
Deutsche Bank Can’t Seem to Keep its Story Straight with DOJ
Deutsche Bank can’t seem to stay out of trouble – much of it of their own making. On Friday, the corruption-riddled bank disclosed that it…
FINRA Slaps Wells Fargo With Massive Fine for Defamation
Wells Fargo Advisors has been ordered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to pay one of its former advisors $1.43 million in damages after agreeing…
LIBOR Scandal Whistleblowers Sent to Jail
Two traders jailed for rigging interest rates were the original whistleblowers of the scandal, according to recent reports in the media. Leaked audio recordings reveal…
Elon Musk Gives the Finger to the SEC, Seeks to Reverse 2018 Settlement
Claiming that the Securities and Exchange Commission has a “vendetta” out against him, the Tesla founder and world’s richest man Elon Musk has filed an…
SEC Charges Brother and Sister in Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged John and JonAtina Barksdale with fraud for misleading investors through through false claims in a cryptocurrency scheme, according…
Here’s Why So Few Corporations Ask for FCPA Guidance, Preferring to Hide Their Misconduct
A lot of executives and corporations have difficulty understanding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and what sorts of conduct, exactly, would be regarded as standing…