Search Results for: anti-fraud
Individuals and their companies ordered to pay millions in restitution for defrauding investors
August 21st, 2017
Federal Court Orders Jeffrey Slemmer, Christian Dorrian, Adam Roth, and Their Florida-Based Companies to Pay over $5.4 Million in Restitution and a Penalty in CFTC Precious Metals and Diamonds Anti-Fraud Action Slemmer Enterprises, Dorrian Enterprises and Roth Investment Group ...
EU, Norway Initial VAT Cooperation Agreement
June 2nd, 2017
The European Commission has announced the initialling of an agreement with Norway on value-added tax (VAT), covering administrative cooperation, recovery assistance, and anti-fraud activity. Negotiations on the agreement were launched in June 2015. The Commission said that once the ...
Standard Chartered Bank Announces Intent to Join Thomson Reuters KYC Managed Service for Africa
May 17th, 2017
Standard Chartered Bank today announced its intent to join Thomson Reuters Org ID regional managed service solution for Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence in South Africa. Standard Chartered Bank has made the decision to join the African KYC ...
Court orders firms to disgorge ill-gotten funds in Binary Options fraud
April 7th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Relief Defendants Westward International Ltd. and Coucarin Holdings Ltd. to Disgorge Ill-Gotten Funds Totaling More than $1.77 Million in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge James ...
Company and its owner ordered to pay $6.5 Million penalty in Binary Options fraud case
March 22nd, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action Relief Defendants Prometheus Enterprises, Inc. and ...
Western Union agreed to pay $586m for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
January 20th, 2017
Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering and Consumer Fraud Violations, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Company also Agrees to Implement Anti-Fraud Program and Enhanced Compliance Obligations in Agreements with Federal Authorities The Western ...
Company and individuals to pay over $11.6 million for Forex Fraud Scheme
January 10th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Defendants EJS Capital Management, LLC, Alex Vladimir Ekdeshman, and Edward J. Servider to Pay $11.6 Million in Sanctions for Forex Fraud Scheme Relief Defendants Alisa Ekdeshman, Executive Services of Florida, LLC, Executive Management of Montana, Inc., ...
Individual and his company charged in a commodity futures and Forex Ponzi-Style Scheme
December 21st, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, charging Defendants Derek Springfield and his company, Draven, LLC (Draven), both of Mesa, Arizona, with engaging ...
Trader and a trading company ordered to pay $2.5 Million Penalty
December 21st, 2016
Federal Court Orders Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty for Spoofing and Employment of a Manipulative and Deceptive Device, while Trading Futures Contracts on Multiple Futures Exchanges The Court’s Order Finds ...
Malta To Push EU VAT Reform As EU President
November 9th, 2016
Malta will take forward the EU’s proposals on VAT reform when it assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2017, the territory’s Minister of Finance, Edward Scicluna, told a recent conference. Under the EU’s VAT ...
