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The Bre-X Mining Scandal: Part 5 – A Guide for the 2024 Compliance Professional (Part 1)

As we close out this series on the Bre-X mining scandal, the lessons from this notorious case continue to resonate, especially for today’s compliance professionals. The fraud that led to the downfall of Bre-X and the ensuing...more

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The Bre-X Mining Scandal, Part 4: The Bre-X Scandal: A Turning Point in Mining Compliance

The Bre-X mining scandal of the 1990s is one of history’s most infamous corporate fraud cases. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a small Canadian company, falsely reported one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered in Indonesia,...more

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The Bre-X Mining Scandal, Part 3: Why Was No One Prosecuted

In the annals of corporate fraud, few scandals match the magnitude of the Bre-X mining affair. For compliance professionals, the lessons from this incident resonate deeply, not just because of the scale of the deception but...more

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The Bre-X Mining Scandal, Part 2: Why Was it So Sensational?

In the annals of corporate fraud, few scandals match the magnitude of the Bre-X mining affair. For compliance professionals, the lessons from this incident resonate deeply, not just because of the scale of the deception but...more

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The Bre-X Mining Scandal, Part 1: A Scandal for the Ages

Few corporate scandals are still as infamous or devastating as the Bre-X mining scandal. What began as a story of incredible wealth, fueled by the promise of one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered, unraveled into...more

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Raids by Asia-Pacific Enforcers Are on the Rise: A Guide to Being Prepared for When the Enforcer Comes Knocking

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The Development: After an interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities across the Asia-Pacific region have fully revived dawn raids....more

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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 34 - A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the...

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In a single decade, the prosecutions of those accused of white-collar crime underwent a radical transformation. This thought-provoking episode will take you back in time to explore the DOJ's approach in the early 2000s Enron...more

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Q1 2021: Latin American Enforcement Review

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Enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued investigations of fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below are some of the highlights of the last quarter. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.11.2021 | Top Story: Fed Chair Powell Urges Focus on Restoring Full Employment

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In a much-anticipated [well, for some of us central bank nerds, at least] to the Economic Club of NY, Fed Chair Powell on Wednesday acknowledged that pent-up consumer demand unlocked by a big government stimulus package could...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.20.2020 | Top Story: Intel Sells Flash Memory Unit to SKY Hynix for $9 billion

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Intel Corp. has reached a nearly $9 billion deal to sell its NAND flash memory unit to South Korea’s SKY Hynix, a “move that reorient[s] the semiconductor giant away from an area of historical importance that has become...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.10.2020 | Top Story: US Markets Dive Again in Worst Trading Day Since 2008

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Monday on Wall Street was the equivalent of a well-forecast storm that still managed to blow meteorologists’ minds. The deadly combination of diving oil prices and yet more COVID-19 worries spelled disaster for U.S. markets,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.6.2020 | Top Story: Volatility Reigns as Stocks Dive Over Continued COVID-19 Fears

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Volatility’s the name of the game again, folks, and we have COVID-19 to thank. Just a day after markets jumped in response to central bank and Super Tuesday news, the dove again some 3% as virus-related fears took hold again....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.2.2020 | Top Story: Activist Elliott Mgmt Amasses Stake in Twitter and Takes Aim at CEO Jack Dorsey

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Paul Singer and the Elliott Mgmt crew have a new target in their sights: Twitter’s founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey. Singer’s Elliott fund has amassed a “significant stake” in the company—perhaps as much as a billion—and is...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.7.2020 | Top Story: Credit Suisse CEO Tiam Out in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

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Credit Suisse’s CEO Tidjane Thiam is out, to be succeeded next week by longtime company vet Thomas Gottstein. Thaim appeared to have ridden out the corporate spying scandal involving a former employee last year, and he had...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.21.2019 | Top Story: UAW President Resigns After GM Accuses Fiat Chrysler of Bribery

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More than a bit of drama in the auto world yesterday, with General Motors suing rival Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of “bribing United Auto Workers officials to gain competitive advantages in contract negotiations.”  The UAW’s...more

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Delaware Court Increases Scrutiny of Corporate Board Oversight and Monitoring of Compliance Programs

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On October 1, 2019, in In re Clovis Oncology, Inc. Derivative Litigation, a Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims under the Caremark decision against individual directors for failing to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.3.2019 | Top Story: After WTO ruling, US Hits EU with $7.5B in Tariffs Over Airbus Subsidies

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We now have a price tag on the WTO-authorized sanctions that the U.S. can impose on European goods as a result of the EU’s illegal subsidies of planemaker Airbus: $7.5 billion—the “largest authorized retaliation in the WTO’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The South Sea Bubble and Failure of Corruption to Secure Long Term Growth

Spikes in sales in high-risk countries do not translate into sustained growth and without an effective compliance program in place your company may actually lose money....more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.11.2019 | Top Story: Fed Chair Primes Markets for July Rate Cut

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The big takeaway from Day 1 of Fed Chair Powell’s Congressional testimony is that a July rate cut is still definitely on the table, despite last week’s strong US jobs numbers.  As the Times puts it, “That the Fed is...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Fed will wrap up its Open Markets Committee meeting today, and the recent dive on Wall Street has rather suddenly brought a bit of drama to what was a long-promised rate hike. Here’s a bit of background on what it’s been...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

100 Years Ago, and the Continued Fight Against Bribery and Corruption

Today I begin a five-part podcast series on ethics, compliance and independent integrity monitoring with Affiliated Monitors, Inc., (AMI) who is the sponsor of the series. ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Big tech (including Facebook, Google [theoretically], and Twitter) is heading back to the Hill (with @jack pulling double-duty, because that’s how he rolls). Here’s what to expect today based on their prepared testimony....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A lot of the furor over Elon Musk’s recent “going private” tweets has centered on whether he actually had the financial backing needed to pull it off.  The Times sets aside that initial inquiry to explore the why and how,...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Markets proved that last Friday’s 600-point Dow drop wasn’t an isolated incident, as all major US indices were down nearly 4% (at least) in a nasty Monday of trading....more

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