Crime : Page 38
June 3, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Tenaris, a Luxembourg-based global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products, will pay more than $78 million to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a bribery scheme involving its Brazilian subsidiary.
June 3, 2022
A Japanese court ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to pay a total of 73.5 million yen ($566,000) in compensation to current and former residents of Tamura City in the west of the complex hit by the March 2011 disaster for emotional distress.
June 3, 2022
FINRA has ordered Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith to pay more than $15.2 million in restitution and interest to thousands of customers who purchased Class C mutual fund shares when Class A shares were available at substantially lower costs.
June 2, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged New York-based SCWorx Corp. and its former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Marc S. Schessel, with making false and misleading statements about SCWorx’s plans to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits in April 2020.
June 1, 2022
IBM has been ordered to pay $1.6 billion to BMC Software for fraud and contract violations in connection with mutual client AT&T Inc.
May 26, 2022
The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a settlement that, if approved by a federal court, will require Twitter to pay $150 million in civil penalties and implement robust compliance measures to protect users’ data privacy.
May 26, 2022
Glencore said it anticipates paying up to $1.5 billion to settle accusations of bribery and market manipulation, as authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil announced that three of the company\'s subsidiaries were pleading guilty to crimes.
May 26, 2022
Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and its affiliates, has reached an agreement with the Attorney General of West Virginia that settles the state’s and its subdivisions opioid-related claims.
May 25, 2022
Volkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles.
May 24, 2022
More than 30 companies have been issued with fines by the Environment Agency as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
May 24, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser for misstatements and omissions about Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations in making investment decisions for certain mutual funds that it managed.
May 24, 2022
Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK\'s privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents.