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EC fines maritime car carriers and car parts suppliers €546 million in cartel settlements

February 21, 2018 In three separate decisions, the European Commission has fined four maritime car carriers €395 million, two suppliers of spark plugs €76 million, and two suppliers of braking systems €75 million, for taking part in cartels, in breach of EU antitrust rules.

British Columbia manufacturer of plant-based foods fined for Fisheries Act violation

February 20, 2018 On February 19, 2018, Garden Protein International (Gardein) pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of British Columbia to one count of depositing a deleterious substance in an area where it may enter fish-bearing water in violation of the Fisheries Act.

Moscow hotels fined $106,000 for jacking up prices for World Cup

February 20, 2018 Russian consumer rights protection organization Rospotrebnadzor said Tuesday it had fined some hotels in Moscow for hiking prices by 103 percent to 570 percent for the duration of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

William Hill to pay £6.2m for social responsibility and money laundering failures

February 20, 2018 Systemic senior management failure to protect consumers and prevent money laundering will result in William Hill Group (WHG) paying a penalty package of at least £6.2m.

EPA reaches agreement with Syngenta for farmworker safety violations on Kauai

February 19, 2018 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with Syngenta Seed to resolve violations of federal pesticide regulations at its farm in Kekaha, Kauai.

Fed wants $487,500 fine from former Barclays Bank employee, permanent bar from banking

February 19, 2018 The Federal Reserve Board announced that it is seeking to permanently bar Peter Little, the former head of the foreign exchange (FX) spot desk at Barclays Bank in New York, from employment in the banking industry and to impose a $487,500 fine on him.

EPA settles with Amazon for distributions of illegal pesticides

February 16, 2018 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with Amazon Services to protect the public from the hazards posed by unregistered and misbranded pesticide products.

Tehran arrests 100 currency traders, freezes $5.3 billion

February 15, 2018 Tehran authorities have detained almost 100 currency traders and frozen bank accounts reportedly worth 200tn rials ($5.3bn) in the biggest crackdown on foreign exchanges in six years.

Former employee of Canadian Pacific sentenced to prison for damaging firm's network

February 14, 2018 A former IT employee for the Canadian Pacific Railway was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for causing intentional damage to critical portions of Canadian Pacific’s computer network.

Michaels Stores to pay $1.5 million to settle delayed reporting claim

February 14, 2018 Michaels Stores and Michaels Stores Procurement agreed to enter into a consent decree and pay $1.5 million, the Justice Department announced.

Shell Chemical will pay to resolve Clean Air violations

February 14, 2018 The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with Shell Chemical that each year will eliminate more than 150 tons of excess emissions of harmful air pollutants from Shell’s chemical plant located in Norco, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish.

Lotte chairman jailed in bribery case that toppled president

February 13, 2018 South Korea\'s Lotte Group said that the jailing of its chairman was \"unexpected.\"