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Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 6.30.2022

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Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Multistate Reaches Settlement with Carnival...more

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Walmart Sued by FTC for Money Transfers

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The FTC sued Walmart alleging that the company violated the FTC Act, Telemarketing Act, and Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) when it turned a blind eye as fraudsters used the company’s wire transfer services to scam customers...more

Williams Mullen

When Keeping It Real (Housewives) Goes Wrong: Lessons from the Jen Shah Prosecution

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On March 30, 2021, the reality television world was rocked by news that Jen Shah, the tempestuous breakout star of the first season of Bravo’s newest hit, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (RHOSLC), was arrested on...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Protecting Against Wire Fraud and Man in the Middle Schemes

The scammers continue to find easy ways to dupe unsuspecting businesses into sending information or money to them....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #155 - Home Buyers Tricked Out of Down Payments by Scammers

An old trick is coming back and working. It is a wire fraud scheme targeted at homeowners instead of businesses, and it is happening at an alarming rate....more

The Volkov Law Group

A Money Laundering Nightmare: Western Union Ponies Up $770 Million to Settle with DOJ, FTC and FinCEN

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Earlier this year, in January 2017, Western Union entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Justice Department and the FTC, and agreed to pay $586 in forfeiture to settle anti-money laundering and consumer fraud...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investor Suits Follow in the Wake of Western Union Settlement of Money Laundering and Fraud Claims

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On January 19, 2017, the Western Union Company (“Western Union” or the “Company”) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), in which Western Union admitted to willful...more

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The Western Union DPA and the Need to Investigate One’s Own

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The Western Union Company (“Western Union”) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) on January 19th with the Department of Justice, based on alleged willful failures to maintain an effective AML program and the...more

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