Search Results for: DoJ
Four London-based traders are being investigated by DoJ for possible manipulation
January 7th, 2016
DoJ investigates bond traders over market-rigging “What is Bond: A name for debt which is issued for a specified period of time. Depending the terms of the Bond, the issuer owes the holder/s a debt, and is obliged to pay ...
Goldman Sachs under FBI, U.S. DOJ scrutiny over 1MDB probe
October 14th, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice are examining Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s role in allegations of corruption and money laundering at Malaysian state investor 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Deutsche Bank Said to Be Probed by DOJ on Russia Mirror T
August 4th, 2015
U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating billions of dollars of trades Deutsche Bank AG made on behalf of Russian clients as recently as this year, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Justice Department’s criminal probe, which hasn’t ...
GSK China consumer healthcare unit linked to DOJ probe in 2012
September 9th, 2014
A U.S. anti-bribery probe into GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) touched on the firm’s Chinese consumer healthcare business in 2012, internal documents show, suggesting the drugmaker’s compliance problems in China could go wider than previously revealed. GSK confirmed it had conducted ...
S&P open to paying up to $1 billion to settle DOJ lawsuit
July 16th, 2014
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services decided to settle a pending lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and is open to paying about $1 billion to settle it, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the ...
J.P. Morgan Securities admits to manipulative trading in U.S. Treasuries
September 30th, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a broker-dealer subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., for fraudulently engaging in manipulative trading of U.S. Treasury securities. J.P. Morgan Securities admitted the findings in the SEC’s ...
Société Générale to pay millions for LIBOR and Euribor manipulation charges
June 5th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale or the Bank) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for ...
HSBC faces fresh legal battle over forex manipulation allegation
June 7th, 2017
HSBC is facing a fresh law suit over allegations of forex manipulation. The bank’s traders are being accused of manipulating the markets for their own profit more than a decade ago, according to the Financial Times. ECU Group, a ...
Air bag manufacturer pleads guilty to fraud; To pay billions in fines
March 2nd, 2017
Japanese automobile parts manufacturer Takata pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud arising out of air bag defects that killed 16 people. Takata was sentenced to pay $1 billion in fines, victim compensation and compensation to the auto manufacturers ...
Dow Jones acquires RiskAverter
February 28th, 2017
Dow Jones Risk and Compliance, a leading provider of anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions compliance data solutions, has completed the acquisition of RiskAverter from U.S.-based Compliance Strategies International, LLC. RiskAverter’s innovative solution enables companies to automate risk “scoring” so ...
