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Singapore Says More Overseas Criminals Seek Bank Accounts

02/07/2014(0)
Singapore prosecuted a record number of money laundering cases and seized more than S$115 million ($92 million) of suspected criminal proceeds in 2013 as more overseas offenders seek out ... Read More
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UK probe for Facebook for breaking data protection laws

02/07/2014(0)
A UK regulator is investigating whether Facebook broke data protection laws when it conducted a psychological study on users without their consent. The test saw Facebook “manipulate” the news ... Read More
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Goldman Sachs fined over dark pool pricing

02/07/2014(0)
Goldman Sachs has been fined $800,000 (£466,000) by a US regulator for “failing” to ensure that trades in its dark pool took place at the best price. The regulator ... Read More
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Ex-Jefferies Trader Deserves 9-Year Sentence, U.S. Says

01/07/2014(0)
Ex-Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak, who was convicted earlier this year of fraud in the trading of mortgage-backed securities, should be sentenced to nine years in prison, ... Read More
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Not guilty plea for Philippine senator

30/06/2014(0)
A Philippine anti-graft court entered a not guilty plea Monday for the second of three prominent senators arraigned in the country’s biggest corruption trial in more than a decade. ... Read More
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Offshore Tax Crackdown Opens With 30% Penalties for Banks

30/06/2014(0)
The Internal Revenue Service is about to get an unprecedented look at bank accounts and investments U.S. citizens hold abroad, through a law that is making it harder to ... Read More
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Ofgem puts big six energy suppliers under investigation

27/06/2014(0)
The energy watchdog, Ofgem, fired the starting gun on Thursday on the biggest investigation yet into the energy market by referring the much-criticised power industry to the Competition and ... Read More
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Google Removes Search Results in Wake of EU Privacy Case

26/06/2014(0)
Google Inc. (GOOGL) has started removing some search results in the European Union after an EU court told it last month to respond to requests by people seeking the ... Read More
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China Finds $15B of Loans Backed by Falsified Gold Trades

26/06/2014(0)
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals. Twenty-five bullion processors ... Read More
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Spain’s Princess Cristina could face trial over corruption charges

25/06/2014(0)
A Spanish court has upheld corruption charges against Princess Cristina, less than a week after her brother Felipe VI became the new king of Spain, paving the way for ... Read More
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