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Nationwide settlement with Chevron U.S.A. to address chemical accident prevention violations

October 25, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced a national settlement with Chevron U.S.A. that requires safety improvements at all of its petroleum refineries across the United States, resolving claims that the company violated provisions of the Clean Air Act aimed at preventing accidental releases of hazardous chemicals that can have serious consequences for public health and the environment.

Yahoo to pay $50 million for biggest security breach

October 24, 2018
Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in history.

SEC settles fraud case with Texas oil man 'Frack Master'

October 24, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had agreed to settle a fraud case with Texas oil and gas businessman Christopher Faulkner for $23.8 million.

StarKist Co. agrees to plead guilty for price fixing

October 19, 2018
StarKist Co. has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced.

Former State Street executive sentenced for scheme to defraud clients through secret commissions

October 17, 2018
A former executive vice president of State Street Corporation was sentenced today in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades.

Audi fined 800 million euros in dieselgate scandal

October 17, 2018
Audi was handed an 800-million-euro (927.8 million U.S. dollars) regulatory fine by the Munich State Prosecution Office in the course of \"dieselgate\" investigations, Volkswagen AG, the mother corporation of the luxury carmaker, announced on Tuesday.

Nomura to pay $480 million to U.S. over fraudulent mortgage-backed securities

October 17, 2018
Nomura Holdings has agreed to pay $480 million to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government that it misled investors in marketing residential mortgage-backed securities, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.

Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in data protection practices

October 10, 2018
Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to ensure that the personal data held on its network was properly secured.

Citibank Europe fined for breaches of banking rules in Ireland

October 9, 2018
The Central Bank of Ireland announced on Monday that it has fined Citibank Europe plc 1.33 million euros (1.53 million U.S. dollars) for its breaches of the relevant banking rules in Ireland.

Cruise ship L’Austral grounding, fines total $100,000

October 9, 2018
A French cruise company and ship’s Master have been fined $70,000 and $30,000 respectively for endangering human life and entering a prohibited zone following an incident in the remote New Zealand Subantarctic islands.

Costco agrees to $3.85 million civil penalty for failure to report defective trash cans

October 6, 2018
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Costco Wholesale, Corp. (Costco), of Issaquah, Wash., has agreed to pay a $3.85 million civil penalty.