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Venable LLP

DOJ Criminal Division Launches New Corporate Whistleblower Award Program

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On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) would release a new whistleblower rewards program for civil and criminal forfeitures. On August 1, 2024, DOJ did just that—as the...more

WilmerHale

DOJ Rolls Out Corporate Whistleblower Pilot Program

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On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice officially launched a three-year pilot program to reward whistleblowers who report corporate misconduct....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Executive Order Authorizes the Imposition of Secondary Sanctions on Foreign Financial Institutions Facilitating Russia’s...

Key Points - On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued E.O. 14114 “Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities.” Specifically, E.O. 14114, which amends E.O. 14024 and E.O. 14068,...more

Harris Beach PLLC

SAFE Banking Act, Protecting Financial Partners of Cannabis Businesses, Likely to Become Law

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A bill to protect financial institutions that offer services to state-legal marijuana-related businesses was recently reintroduced by a bipartisan group of over 100 members of the House. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE)...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

UK Regulator Fines Commerzbank London £37.8 Million for AML Violations

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On June 17, 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the non-governmental financial regulator in the United Kingdom, issued a Final Notice to Commerzbank London (the “Bank”), a branch of the large German business bank,...more

The Volkov Law Group

United Bank Risk Officer Agrees to $450k Penalty for AML Compliance Failures

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Compliance professionals face extraordinary risks – not just for the enterprise but personal risks.  CCOs should not panic or overreact when the government brings an enforcement action against a compliance officer for a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - U.K. Opens Corruption Investigation of Rio Tinto over Guinea Operations - On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had opened an investigation into...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - U.K. Opens Corruption Investigation of Rio Tinto over Guinea Operations - On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had opened an investigation into...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - July 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - U.K. Opens Corruption Investigation of Rio Tinto over Guinea Operations - On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had opened an investigation into...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

AML Compliance Expectations Unabated—Fines, Enforcement Actions and a Deferred Prosecution Agreement Against Banks, Money...

Why it matters - Three Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) orders, three sets of fines and asset forfeitures, a deferred prosecution agreement and one bank enforcement action demonstrate the resolve of the...more

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