Tag: Enforcement Actions

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Boeing Guilty Plea in 737 Max Fraud Case Following Fatal Crashes

The U.S Department of Justice announced that Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to single charge of conspiracy to defraud the FAA about its 737 Max 8’s development. This agreement resulted from two crashes of the aerospace’s 737 Max jetliners that occurred in 2018 and 2019 and resulted in the Read More

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FTC Holds Vroom Responsible For Misleading Its Customers

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is holding online used car dealer Vroom responsible for misrepresenting that it thoroughly examined all vehicles before listing them for sale and failing to obtain consumers’ consent to shipment delays or provide prompt refunds when cars weren’t delivered in the time Vroom promised. Read More

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Supreme Court Curtails SEC’s Use of In-House Tribunals for Civil Penalties

In a landmark case, the Supreme Court has struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s authority to use in house-tribunals when seeking civil penalties against those accused of securities fraud. The Court, in the case of SEC v. Jarksey, ruled that when the SEC seeks civil penalties from defendants for Read More

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Silvergate Settles SEC Charges for Compliance Failures

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Silvergate Capital, its former CEO Alan Lane, and former Chief Risk Officer Kathleen Fraher with misleading investors about the strength of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program and the monitoring of crypto customers, including FTX. The SEC also charged Silvergate and its Read More

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Boeing Pays U.S Department of State $51 million for Export Violations

Boeing has agreed to pay $51 million in a settlement with the U.S Department of State (DoS) to resolve around 200 violations of the Arms Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The DoS and Boeing reached this settlement following an extensive compliance review by the Office Read More

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FINRA Fines Goldman Sachs For Trade-Monitoring Failures

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently announced that it has fined Goldman Sachs for not properly monitoring trades ranging from 2009 to 2023. The banking giant has agreed to pay around $500,000 in order to settle these claims, but did not admit or deny any of FINRA’s findings. According Read More

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Van Eck Settles SEC Claim Over Undisclosed Social Influencer Involvement

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that registered investment adviser Van Eck Associates has agreed to pay a $1.75 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2021. According to the SEC’s order, in Read More

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J.P. Morgan Fined for Violating Whistleblower Protection Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law violations to the SEC. JPMS agreed to pay an $18 million civil penalty to settle the charges. According to the SEC’s order, from March Read More

France Fines Amazon $35 Million for Excessive Monitoring of Employees

The French Data Protection Authority (FDPA) issued a $35 million fine to Amazon for its excessive surveillance of its employees, including the company’s relentless tracking of employee performance and breaks, as well as the implementation of a video monitoring system without informed employee consent. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et Read More

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SAP to Pay $220 Million to Settle Foreign Bribery Investigations

German software company SAP will pay more than $220 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The SEC found that SAP violated the FCPA by paying bribes to foreign officials in South Read More