Crime : Page 77
May 1, 2020
In response to a Federal Trade Commission complaint, a California-based marketer of a supplement consisting mainly of Vitamin C and herbal extracts has agreed to a preliminary order barring him from claiming that it is effective at treating, preventing, or reducing the risk of coronavirus.
May 1, 2020
Bank Hapoalim B.M. (BHBM), an Israeli bank with international operations, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. (BHS), have agreed to forfeit $20,733,322 and pay a fine of $9,329,995 to resolve an investigation into their involvement in a money laundering conspiracy that fueled an international soccer bribery scheme.
May 1, 2020
A federal court in Utah has entered an injunction halting the sale of a fraudulent coronavirus treatment, the Department of Justice announced.
May 1, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Praxsyn Corp. and its CEO for allegedly issuing false and misleading press releases claiming the company was able to acquire and supply large quantities of N95 or similar masks to protect wearers from the coronavirus.
April 29, 2020
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) imposed a fine of HUF 2.5 billion ($7,691,205) on the operator of the online booking portal booking.com, and at the same time banned the Dutch company from continuing its aggressive sales methods.
April 28, 2020
Genova Diagnostics Inc., a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, including claims that it billed for medically unnecessary lab tests, the Department of Justice announced.
April 28, 2020
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
April 27, 2020
On 20 April, the Administrative Regional Court left effective the decision adopted by the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC), according to which last year the authority detected a prohibited agreement concluded by the local government owned public transport company SIA RÄ«gas satiksme and six market participants in price quotations on supply of nanotechnology chemicals.
April 25, 2020
Mount Lebanon\'s State Prosecutor, Judge Ghada Aoun, arrested seventeen people, including sixteen employees and officials of oil installations, in addition to the director of Sonatrach, after it was proven that they had introduced fraudulent fuel into the country.
April 25, 2020
A federal court on Thursday officially approved a settlement Facebook reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last July following a lengthy investigation into the company\'s privacy mishaps.
April 22, 2020
Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova will pay $9.3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it didn’t properly notify consumers and give them the chance to cancel their orders when it failed to ship merchandise in a timely manner, and that it illegally used gift cards to compensate consumers for unshipped merchandise instead of providing refunds.
April 21, 2020
Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018, the Department of Justice announced.