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Philippine central bank imposes record $21.3m fine on Rizal Commercial

August 8, 2016 The Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) has imposed a record 1-billion-peso ($21.3 million) fine on Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., in connection with the Bangladesh Bank heist scandal.

SFO starts inquiry into suspected fraud and bribery in Airbus

August 8, 2016 The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has begun an investigation into suspected fraud, bribery and corruption in connection with commercial plane sales by Airbus.

Southtowne, Ga. dealerships to repurchase car and pay $95,000

August 6, 2016 Southtowne Motors have entered into Assurances of Voluntary Compliance with Georgia to resolve allegations that the dealerships did not properly disclose to consumers that they were purchasing lemon buybacks.

$1.8 million in penalties against Colorado foreclosure law firm

August 6, 2016 A Denver District Court judge found that Colorado foreclosure lawyer, Robert J. Hopp, and his law firms and title companies, violated consumer protection laws in a scheme to charge false and misleading costs for title insurance policies on 2,291 foreclosures.

EZcontactsUSA to pay $100,000 after data breach

August 5, 2016 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement with Provision Supply d/b/a EZcontactsUSA.com, involving a data breach resulting in the potential exposure of over 25,000 credit card numbers and other data.

CFTC fines Barclays Capital $800,000 for supervision failures

August 4, 2016 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order filing and settling charges against Barclays Capital, a Connecticut corporation headquartered in New York City.

48-state, $125 million settlement with Teva's Cephalon

August 4, 2016 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a $125 million, 48-state settlement with drug manufacturer Cephalon and affiliated companies, now part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.

Fed penalizes Goldman Sachs for use of confidential data

August 3, 2016 The Federal Reserve Board ordered Goldman Sachs Group to pay a $36.3 million civil money penalty for its unauthorized use and disclosure of confidential supervisory information.

50-count indictment over forgery of damage reports in wake of Superstorm Sandy

August 3, 2016 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the unsealing of a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo and his former employer, HiRise Engineering, P.C.

Greece reported nearly 1 billion euros in tax evasion fines

August 3, 2016 The government of Greece has opened hundreds of tax-evasion cases against citizens suspected of hiding assets outside of country borders.

$3.9m in settlements against companies exploiting Colorado military

August 3, 2016 Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman announced that her office has settled two lawsuits against consumer lenders who targeted the military.

Hungarian Competition Authority imposes fine due to price-fixing

August 3, 2016 The Hungarian Competition Authority imposed a total fine of 360,000 euros to companies that were involved in price fixing.