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Thames Water to pay £80,000 after sewer blunder

January 23, 2019 A pollution incident in south-east London has left Thames Water handing over 10s of thousands of pounds to an environmental charity.

EC fines Mastercard €570m for obstructing merchants' access to cross-border services

January 22, 2019 The European Commission has fined the card scheme Mastercard €570 566 000 for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules.

Creditors demand $500 million from former FIFA World Cup’s IT contractor

January 22, 2019 Lenders including companies and individuals have filed claims with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to add a debt of Asteros company, an IT contractor for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia, totaling to 33 billion rubles (about $500 million), to the list of creditors\' claims, a temporary manager of the debtor has said in court.

Ultra Tune to pay $2.6 million penalty

January 22, 2019 The Federal Court has imposed a $2,604,000 penalty against Ultra Tune Australia for breaching both the Franchising Code of Conduct and the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).

Kleenheat pays $25,200 penalties over gas discount claims in Western Australia

January 22, 2019 Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas has paid penalties totalling $25,200 after the ACCC issued two infringement notices for alleged false and misleading representations made about gas prices.

France fines Google €50 million in landmark GDPR case

January 21, 2019 France\'s regulatory body dealing with data privacy has fined Google €50 million regarding advertisers’ access to users\' personal data.

Ex-employees of Russian bank receive 3 years in prison for $8.5 million embezzlement

January 21, 2019 A court in Tyumen, a city in Western Siberia, has sentenced ex-several employees of the Siberian Bank for Reconstruction and Development to 3 years in prison each for embezzling more than 560 million rubles ($8.5 million) from the financial organization, the press service of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office reports Friday.

Nissan Korea fined $804,000 for overstating fuel efficiency

January 16, 2019 South Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it has fined Nissan Korea 900 million won ($804,000) for inflating gas mileage figures for its Infiniti Q50 2.2d sedans.

Toyota Korea fined $729,307 for false advertising

January 15, 2019 Korea\'s antitrust agency has imposed an 817 million won ($729,307) fine on Toyota Motor Korea saying the Korean unit made deceptive ads about the safety of its RAV4 SUV.

Acacia Mining fined for breaching environmental regulations in Tanzania

January 15, 2019 Acacia informed the market that its North Mara mine has received an Environmental Protection Order (“EPO”), requiring payment of a fine of 300,000,000 Tanzanian Shillings (US$130,000) in relation to alleged breaches of environmental regulations in Tanzania.

Neiman Marcus reaches $1.5 million data breach settlement

January 14, 2019 Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with the attorneys general of 42 states and the District of Columbia,announced a $1.5 million settlement with the Neiman Marcus Group.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to pay Illinois $135m fraud settlement

January 14, 2019 Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced she has recovered $135 million for the state of Illinois in a settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA that resolves allegations the drug company inflated the wholesale prices used in setting the rates for Medicaid reimbursements.