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Jan 27, 2025 · News Brief KuCoin latest crypto firm to pay hefty price for violating BSA with $297M penalty. 2025-01-29T15:11:00+00:00 By Aaron Nicodemus. The Sechelles-based owner of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has agreed to pay nearly $300 million in penalties–and cease doing business in the U.S. for two years–to settle charges that it failed to properly monitor potential criminal activity on its ...

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Nov 27, 2024 · RTX/Raytheon. Bribing foreign officials to win contracts, providing false pricing information, fraudulently inflating prices on government contracts, and allowing foreign agents to access U.S. military secrets regarding airplanes and missile systems, Raytheon and parent company RTX had a very bad year in 2024.

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Premium SEC charge against CCO in penny stock scheme raises more questions about gatekeeper liability. 2025-01-22T16:13:00+00:00 By Aaron Nicodemus. A recent complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the chief compliance officer of a Chicago-based investment firm contains some of the most worrisome examples of how CCOs can be found liable for misconduct at their firm.

Jan 8, 2025 · News Brief SEC slams WWE founder Vince McMahon for misstatements caused by hush money payments. 2025-01-10T18:03:00+00:00 By Jeff Dale. Vince McMahon, the founder and former CEO of WWE, was fined $400,000 and ordered to reimburse the wrestling giant more than $1.3 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he failed to disclose hush money payments he made ...

News Brief FCA dings Infinox in first fine under U.K. capital market reforms of 2018. 2025-01-29T18:43:00+00:00 By Aaron Nicodemus. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issued a landmark fine against trading platform Infinox Capital for failing to report “high-risk” transactions, the first-ever enforcement under a 2018 law.

Nov 9, 2023 · Highlights from Compliance Week 2024. 2024-04-11T13:00:00+01:00 By Kyle Brasseur. Compliance officers took to the main stage to share their experiences at Compliance Week’s 2024 National Conference, while other highlights included conversations around artificial intelligence and the modern challenges the industry is confronting.

Jan 22, 2025 · News Brief DOJ proposes rule that would block sale of Americans’ personal data to Chinese, Russian firms. 2024-10-22T14:37:00+01:00 By Aaron Nicodemus. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed a new rule that would regulate the use of Americans’ personal information by foreign companies and foreign persons in six “countries of concern,” prohibiting and restricting the sale of data ...