(Reuters) – A New York judge on Tuesday held real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield PLC in contempt of court for not producing documents subpoenaed in a probe of former …
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(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co will have to pay an $850,000 penalty to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for allegedly failing to report certain foreign currency swaps, …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION AND FINED FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressSt. Thomas, VI – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Christopher Dunn, 49, of Queens, New York, was sentenced to four years of probation by Chief District …
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company Fined $1 Million For Causing Oil Spill
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, LLC (“GREAT LAKES”), a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for …
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Ex-CBA unit fined $1.2 million for charging fees from dead pensioners
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -Australia’s corporate regulator on Wednesday fined a former unit of top lender Commonwealth Bank A$1.7 million ($1.2 million) for charging fees from deceased superannuation members. The unit, Avanteos Investments, …
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Valero, contractors fined for violations related to worker’s death in 2021
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – Valero Energy and three contractors have been fined a total $1.75 million for safety violations related to a worker’s death on Nov. 12, 2021 at its 145,000 barrel-per-day …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Three Men Jailed and Fined for Illegally Wading into the Brooks River
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressANCHORAGE – Three men have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of $9,000 for illegally leaving the Brooks Falls viewing platform and entering …
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Kansas Cattle Trader Fined and Banned for Life After Repeated Violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWICHITA, KAN. – The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas fined a recidivist violator of statutory and regulatory federal livestock laws under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The …
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Financial News
Australian lender Westpac fined A$113 million for multiple compliance breaches
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – An Australian court ordered Westpac Banking Corp to pay A$113 million ($82.92 million) in penalties for multiple compliance failures across its businesses, after hearing the last of the …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Virginia equipment company owner sentenced, fined $50,000 for role in scheme to defraud Roundup coal mine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBILLINGS — A Virginia equipment company owner who admitted to defrauding Signal Peak Energy, LLC, which operates a coal mine near Roundup, of nearly $250,000 in an equipment purchase scheme …
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail and Fined for Entering Port of Albany Under False Pretenses
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALBANY, NEW YORK – Andrew Avila, age 45, of Acworth, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday to a 60-day term of imprisonment, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release, and …
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LONDON – Deloitte and audit partner John Charlton have been fined and severely reprimmanded over a 2016 audit of Mitie, a British outsourcing company, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) auditing …
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United States Citizen Who Conspired To Assist North Korea In Evading Sanctions Is Sentenced To More Than 5 Years And Fined $100,000
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VIRGIL GRIFFITH, a U.S. citizen who conspired to provide services to the Democratic People’s …
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Montgomery Tax Preparer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison and Fined $100,000.00 for Filing False Returns
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Ala. – Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart and Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey with IRS Criminal Investigation, Atlanta Field Office, announced that a …
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Financial News
EDF fined 300 million euros for dominant position abuse in France
by Reutersby ReutersPARIS – France’s competition watchdog fined EDF and its subsidiaries 300 million euros ($339.78 million) over the abuse of its dominant position between 2004 and 2021, the competition authority said …
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Ant-backed MYBank fined for violating credit scoring management rules
by Reutersby ReutersSHANGHAI – China’s central bank has imposed a 22.37 million yuan ($3.52 million) fine on MYBank, the online bank backed by China’s Ant Group, for violations including breaching rules on …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Signal Peak Energy fined $1 million, sentenced to three years of probation for violating environmental, worker safety regulations at Roundup coal mine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBILLINGS — Signal Peak Energy LLC, which admitted to willful violation of health and safety standards at its underground coal mine near Roundup by failing to report injuries to workers …
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WYOMING MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON AND FINED $10,000 FOR THREATENING STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressActing United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that CHRISTOPHER KENT PODLESNIK, 52, of Laramie, Wyoming, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after previously pleading guilty to four counts …
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Amazon was ordered to pay $500,000 by California authorities Monday as part of a settlement judgment over claims the company hid COVID-19 case numbers from its workers and health agencies. …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Shipping Company Fined $2M in a Multi-District Case for Concealing Illegal Discharges of Oily Water into the Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON – Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), a Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in …