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Shruti Shah and Angela McClellan | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 8:38AM 
The DOJ has unveiled new guidance to federal prosecutors about bringing criminal cases against individuals in instances of corporate wrongdoing.
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 1:56PM 
Leslie Caldwell, chief of the DOJ's criminal division, talked at last week's Annual Ethics and Compliance Conference in Atlanta. She covered the ten hallmarks of an effective compliance program and cooperation with the DOJ in FCPA and other white-collar investigations. Her examples of good and bad corporate behavior came from real life.
Julie DiMauro | Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 2:08AM 
Two years after state and federal authorities punished British bank Standard Chartered for doing business with sanctioned countries like Iran, it has once again become the subject of an investigation for failing to weed out other risky transactions.
Julie DiMauro | Friday, July 25, 2014 at 7:38AM 
Bank of America Corp's banking unit agreed to pay $16.6 million to resolve allegations that it processed hundreds of transactions for drug traffickers who are subject to U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday.
Julie DiMauro | Friday, July 25, 2014 at 7:08AM 
BNP Paribas image courtesy of Rt.com via YouTubeThe DOJ said Thursday that a federal court entered an $80 million False Claims Act judgment against French bank BNP Paribas for defrauding a taxpayer-funded program designed to encourage American exports.
Julie DiMauro | Friday, July 11, 2014 at 3:18AM 
Image courtesy of RT.com via YouTubeBNP Paribas SA ignored the warnings of its compliance staff as the bank broke U.S. sanctions, but the compliance team helped hide the origins of the transactions from U.S. authorities, according to the bank's guilty plea this week.
Julie DiMauro | Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 6:10AM 
BNP Paribas pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of violating U.S. economic sanctions by processing transactions for clients in blacklisted countries, a development that a U.S. judge said should shows that no financial institution is "immune from the rule of law."
Bill Waite | Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 11:38AM 
On June 30, the Justice Department and other federal and state agencies announced the long awaited settlement in the BNP case. The bank forfeited $8.8 billion and paid fines of $140 million for the “hat-trick of sanctions violations” -- unlawfully offering the U.S. financial markets to three sanctioned countries: Sudan, Iran and Cuba.
BNP Paribas, Corporate Criminal Liability, Cuba, England, Innospec, Iran, Luis A. Aguilar, Sanctions, Sudan |
Julie DiMauro | Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 7:28AM 
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas (Image courtesy of Euro Business Media via YouTube)French banking giant BNP Paribas agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay an $8.9 billion penalty for transferring billions of dollars on behalf of blacklisted Sudan, Iran and Cuba, U.S. authorities said Monday.
Julie DiMauro | Monday, March 10, 2014 at 1:08AM 
French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole are being investigated by U.S. authorities for alleged money laundering and economic sanction breaches involving Iran, Cuba and Sudan.