Crime : Page 33
August 15, 2022
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Google LLC to pay $60 million in penalties for making misleading representations to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones between January 2017 and December 2018, following court action by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
August 12, 2022
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a former company director for illegally exporting banned household waste including nappies, clothing, textiles, tins and electrical items from a site in Droitwich, Worcestershire, to Indonesia in 2019.
August 12, 2022
South Korea\'s antitrust regulator said it has decided to impose a combined fine of 256.5 billion won ($197.5 million) on the country\'s No. 2 steelmaker, Hyundai Steel, and 10 other firms for fixing bidding prices.
August 11, 2022
More than €1.1 million was preventively seized last Friday from two Italian companies operating in the medical supplies sector, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).
August 11, 2022
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained an order in the Special Tribunal to freeze assets and pension benefits of at least R1.8 million ($111,348) linked to a current and former Transnet executive and their wives.
August 10, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced a settlement with Chipotle Mexican Grill.
August 8, 2022
Britain\'s accounting watchdog has fined auditor PwC 1.75 million pounds ($2.12 million) after it failed to properly challenge UK telecoms group BT BT.L once fraud was discovered in BT\'s Italian operations.
August 7, 2022
Under the direction of the Public Prosecutor\'s Office of Bologna, the investigations, conducted by the military of the Economic-Financial Police Unit of the Provincial Command of Bologna, brought to light the existence and the operation in Italy of the hidden permanent establishment of a British company belonging to a well-known multinational group operating in the luxury e-commerce sector.
August 4, 2022
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller accuses Philip Morris, USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and 16 other tobacco companies of defrauding Iowa of more than $133 million.
August 3, 2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $15.5 million settlement against Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, for violations of state consumer protection laws relating to unlawful leasing practices and deceptive marketing.
August 3, 2022
Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a bipartisan group of attorneys general announced an agreement in principle to address the opioid crisis.
August 2, 2022
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that he’s reached an agreement in principle on key financial terms with opioid manufacturer Teva for alleged deceptive marketing and failing to comply with suspicious ordering monitoring requirements.