Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined three real-estate agents a total of £246,665 ($408,000) for “significant and widespread” anti-money laundering lapses last week.
Hastings International UK Limited based in South London was assessed a £47,966 ($80,000) fine, Jackson Grundy based in Northampton was fined £169,652 ($281,000), and Jeffrey Ross of Cardiff was fined £29,000 ($48,000).… Continue Reading
David A. O’Neil was appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division on March 21, 2014.
He replaced Mythili Raman. She held the job for only a year. But during her tenure the DOJ charged more than a dozen individuals for FCPA-related violations and secured three of the ten biggest corporate FCPA resolutions ever.… Continue Reading
A Vietnam court imposed the death sentence on two former executives found guilty of embezzling 531 billion dong ($25 million) from state-owned Vietnam Agribank.
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Vu Quoc Hao, the former general director of Agribank, and Dang Van Hai, the former chairman of a construction company.… Continue Reading
Xu Haoyuan, former deputy party chief of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Fire Corps, has been charged with accepting bribes worth nearly $40,000. Prosecutors accused Xu of taking bribes from Shanghai Eagle Safety Equipment Ltd and Gimaex-Schmitz Fire and Rescue GmbH to purchase the companies’ fire safety equipment and vehicles. … Continue Reading
