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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSEC Charges Former Goldman Sachs Executive With FCPA Violations
According to the SEC’s order, beginning in 2012, Leissner, as participating managing director of Goldman Sachs, used a third party intermediary to bribe high-ranking government officials in Malaysia and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The order finds that these bribes enabled Goldman Sachs to obtain lucrative business from 1Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB), a Malaysian government owned […]
The SEC’s Whistleblower Bounty Program Needs Reform | ThinkAdvisor
However, encouraging more tips, rather than focusing on ways to improve the quality of the massive number of tips the SEC already receives, may bog down a program that already appears to struggle. As it happens, the SEC only investigates a small number of the tips it receives, and only an infinitesimal number of the […]
SFO warns it’s struggling to cope with workload – NZ Herald
The Serious Fraud Office has warned it won’t be able to run as many white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions over the next two years and is already struggling to cope with very large cases. The fraud investigation agency made the remarks in answers to followup questions from Parliament’s justice select committee following its annual review […]