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- Alcoa lands 5th on our Top Ten list. Thursday's $384 million enforcement action against Alcoa and one of its subsidiaries ranks 5th on our list of the Top Ten FCPA cases of all time. With Pittsburgh-based Alcoa's entry, two of the top ten cases now involve U.S. companies. The oldest and biggest case on the list is still Siemens' $800 million settlement from 2008.
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Fighting for the Families of America Weitz & Luxenberg is the leader in asbestos and mesothelioma litigation with approximately $8.5 billion in asbestos verdicts and settlements in 36,000 cases.
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Wells Fargo ordered to pay $4 million for HELOC violations Wells Fargo (WFC) will pay a $4 million penalty after an investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services found that a former affiliate of the bank falsified mortgage loan origination files, made loans to customers that were secured by an interest in the borrower’s home, and committed other infractions in violation of New York State ...
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- Worlds Largest Tobacco Market Warehouse to be Transformed Into Whirligig ... Developers broke ground Tuesday, December 6th for the largest redevelopment project in Wilson’s history, the conversion of a brick tobacco warehouse into apartments, commercial development and a visitor’s center for a massive art project. See more images and video here.
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- Woman seeking $400,000 a month in divorce settlement said she has debts to pay. Stephenson divorce trial. Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune. Richard Stephenson, founder of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, left, and his ex-wife, Alicia Stephenson, head into the McHenry County Courthouse on Oct. 17, 2016.
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Woman seeking $400,000 a month in divorce settlement said she has debts to pay Woman seeking $400,000 a month in divorce settlement said she has debts to pay. Richard Stephenson, founder of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, left, and his ex-wife, Alicia Stephenson, head into the McHenry County Courthouse on Oct. 17, 2016.
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Terrorism 2002/2005 On or about January 7,2012, in Hillsborough County, in the Middle District of Florida, defendant(s) did, Attempt to Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction Against Persons and Property in the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section(s) 2332a(a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(2)(D).y duties with the FBI include, but are not limited to, the investigation of alleged violations of Federal criminal statutes involving terrorism, extensive document review and analysis, interviews of witnesses and subjects, and the execution of federal arrest warrants and search warrants.
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- The Eastern District of Pennsylvania rejected the requirement that the elements of IIED be proven and in fact stated that “violations of the FDCPA, by their very nature, . . . are those kinds of actions which may be expected to cause emotional distress and, therefore, the
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Office of General Counsel Enforcement of the law is by the agency rather than by individual complaint. A review by the agency for compliance might be triggered by an industry wide review, a press release or a complaint. This may result in a non-public review, or an enforcement action by the FTC. Penalties at an IHE would most likely be equitable damages due to the loss, e.g. identity theft.
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"Meaning of ""Foreign Official"" Under the FCPA" In three recent cases, defendants prosecuted under the FCPA challenged their indictments using a similar argument-employees of state-owned entities do not fall within the definition of foreign official under the FCPA. To violate the FCPA, a corrupt payment must be directed to a foreign official..
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Tobacco companies to settle smoking lawsuits for $100 million Read More More smokers, hoping to quit, turn to vaporizers. After that ruling, thousands of cases were filed in Florida federal and state courts. In 2013, Liggett Group and its parent company Vector Group paid $110 million to nearly 5,000 smoking lawsuits against it.
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Cambridge Histories Online Â© Cambridge University Press, 2008 Following two large settlements. in the latter part of 2014 involving. almost $500 million, the pace of. Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) cases. remained high in 2015. These cases. are, in large part, a result of the gov-. ernment’s focus in bringing fraud and. abuse cases in the healthcare space. A. combination of three additional fac-.
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- 51 In a March 2002 report,the State Department said that Internet gambling involving credit cards 50 The Financial Action Task Force is considered the largest and most influentialintergovernmental body seeking to combat money laundering. Established in 1989, the taskforce has 31 members, including the United States.
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Refco chief sentenced to 16 years Refco chief sentenced to 16 years. Former Refco chief executive Phillip Bennett arrives for his sentencing hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York. Refco chief sentenced to 16 years. The former head of brokerage firm Refco was today sentenced to 16 years in prison for a $1.5bn (£750m) fraud that ultimately destroyed the company. The sentence is a remarkable turnaround for Phillip Bennett, a 60-year-old Gloucestershire native and former Cambridge rugby player who at the height of the fraud was worth more than $1bn.
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A History of Drug Enforcement Agency The DEA history also includes some of the biggest drug busts in the history of drug enforcement. In 1991, according to DEA information, the DEA seized over 59 boxes containing 1,080 pounds of heroin. The estimated street value of the seizure was said to be between $2.5 billion to $4 billion dollars, making it the largest heroin bust in history.
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- Takata Air-Bag Recalls Expand to 34 Million Cars in the U.S. The recalls register among the largest for a consumer product in U.S. history. About 34 million vehicles with defective Takata air bags are being recalled, making it among the largest recalls for a consumer product in U.S. history. WSJ's Mike Spector reports.
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- Authorities say Christopher Wright was indicted June 6 on charges of Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy, Child Molestation, Rape and Statutory Rape. Authorities say the former mayor of Dawson was implicated by the victim during the February 2016 trial of Milton Johnson, 52.
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Enforcement To date, the Commission has brought 105 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, abandoned call, robocall and Registry violations. The Mortgage Investors litigation produced the largest settlement for Do Not Call violations, resulting in civil penalty payments of $7.5 million.
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- Asarco Superfund Settlement Largest in EPA History On December 10, 2009, EPA announced the largest Superfund settlement in EPA history. Out of a global settlement total of $1.7 billion between ASARCO and the United States, $810 million will go toward cleanup of contaminated sites in EPA Region 10. Overall, the national settlement with ASARCO is the biggest Superfund case recovery in EPA history.
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- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank Ltd (EFG) £4.2 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers.
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Verizon Received More Than 320,000 Law Enforcement Requests In 2013 We do not release contents of communications (such as text messages or emails) or cell site location information in response to subpoenas.”. The next largest chunk of the 320,000+ requests received by Verizon in 2013 were the approximately 70,000 court orders involving customer information.
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Eagle Pass, Texas On August 8, 2012, a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Del Rio, Texas, indicted five Eagle Pass residents, including a former Public Works Department employee in connection with an estimated $70,000 credit card fraud scheme.
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- TEEKASINGH v. LYNCH et al (4:15-cv-00492), Florida Northern District Court, Filed: 10/14/2015 - PacerMonitor Mobile Federal and Bankruptcy Court PACER Dockets
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- OIG Fugitive: Marina Nazarova. 1  On May 6, 2008, Marina Nazarova was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and criminal forfeiture. 2  Nazarova was the part owner of the DME company U.S. Medtrade, located in Burbank, California.
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- Responding to a report of a finger amputation at the Tyson Foods Inc. chicken processing facility in Center, Texas, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors identified two repeated and 15 serious violations. The company faces $263,498 in proposed fines.
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- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank Ltd (EFG) £4.2 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers. The failings were serious and lasted for more than three years.