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US DoJ launches a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Programme, who awards to uncover crime, effective 1 Aug 2024
US DoJ’ s Criminal Division has introduced a Corporate Whistle blower Awards Pilot Program aimed at exposing and prosecuting corporate crime. Whistle blowers providing original and truthful information leading to successful prosecutions with forfeitures may be eligible for a percentage of the forfeited assets. The program focuses on crimes, corruption, and health care fraud involving private insurance plans…
US DoJ convicts Deputy Attorney General for bribing Mexican officials to secure contracts for Vitol Inc. in exchange for assistance in winning business
Javier Aguilar, Deputy Attorney General has confessed to bribing foreign officials to secure contracts for Vitol Inc. by using shell companies, fake contracts, and alias email accounts according to the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Attorney General was convicted last year will face consequences for his role in corrupting the international commodities market, impacting global trust in American businesses…
SEC awarded over US$24 million to whistleblowers whose information led to an SEC enforcement action and another agency’s action
The SEC has awarded over US$24 million to two whistle blowers with US $4 million going to the first and US $20 million to the second. The second whistle blower received a larger award due to their crucial role in the investigation. These awards are funded by an investor protection fund and are given for original, timely, and credible information that leads to successful enforcement actions…
SEC charges NovaTech and its principals and promoters with $650m crypto fraud
SEC announces charges against Cynthia and Eddy Petion, along with their company, NovaTech Ltd., for operating a fraudulent scheme that raised more than $650 million in crypto assets from more than 200,000 investors worldwide, including many in the Haitian-American community.
US SEC announces an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action
The whistleblower persisted in reporting the misconduct internally, which led the employer to conduct its own investigation and eventually report the results to the Commission. This self-report caused the Commission to open an investigation. Further, without the whistleblower’s ongoing, extensive, and timely assistance, the staff would not have learned the full context and extent of the employer’s misconduct…
US SEC charges activist short seller and the firm Citron Capital LLC, for engaging in a $20 million multi-year scheme to defraud followers by publishing false and misleading statements regarding his supposed stock trading recommendations
The SEC’s complaint alleges that Left, who resides in Boca Raton, Fl., used his Citron Research website and related social media platforms on at least 26 occasions to publicly recommend taking long or short positions in 23 companies and held out the positions as consistent with his own and Citron Capital’s positions…
SEC brings Cybersecurity Enforcement for internal control failures
RRD’s cybersecurity incident disclosure controls were ineffective in promptly delivering all pertinent information to management for decision-making, lacking clear guidance for reporting personnel. Their incident response policies did not set clear priorities or provide sufficient procedures for internal or MSSP personnel…
US SEC announces the top four securities enforcement developments from April 2024
The US SEC recently won courtroom victories in insider trading and crypto actions, initiated its first off-channel communications action and initiated the second round of settled actions under the Advisers Act Marketing Rule…
US SEC has charged three New Yorkers with raising over $184m through pre-IPO fraud schemes
SEC charges defendants with violating antifraud and federal securities laws, seeking permanent injunctive relief, return of gains, and civil penalties…
FinCen 2020 investigation into a Ukrainian oligarch’s property portfolio among 25 cases of allegedly gotten funds being funneled into the sector
A recent report by anti-corruption advocacy organizations reveals that over the past 20 years, at least $2.6billion of illicit or suspicious funds have been invested in commercial real estate in the US…
US DoJ announces ringleader and company insider admit to defrauding biochemical company and transferring products to China through falsified export documents
The US DoJ has declined to prosecute MilliporeSigma, citing factors in the Department’s Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations and the National Security Division Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations. The policy assumes companies self-disclose potential violations, cooperate, and remediate promptly, unless aggravating factors exist…
FBI announces major worldwide disruption of malware in international cyber operation
The FBI has announced Operation Endgame, a multinational cyber operation involving the US, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK, with Europol and Eurojust’s assistance. FBI’s continued fight against cybercrime and malware-as-a-service models…