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The New York Department of Financial Services said Tuesday that Standard Chartered Bank will pay $300 million for “failures to remediate anti-money laundering compliance problems” required by the bank’s 2012 settlement with the same regulator.… Continue Reading
Job title: Assistant United States Attorney
Employer: United States Attorneys Office
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description
The United States Attorneys Office (USAO), District of Arizona, is seeking applications from attorneys for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) position in one of the largest USAOs in the nation.… Continue Reading
The current Ebola outbreak has now infected at least 1,975 people and claimed more than 1,000 lives, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an International Public Health Emergency.
The worst hit countries in the outbreak are Guinea with 510 cases and 377 deaths, Sierra Leone with 785 cases and 334 deaths, Liberia with 670 cases and 305 deaths, and Nigeria with 12 cases and 3 deaths.… Continue Reading
In testimony Monday, a former top aide to the ex governor of Viriginia described the former first lady as a flirtatious, unstable bully with a quick temper.
Janet Kelly, a defense witness, said Maureen McDonnell’s tantrums against the staff at the governor’s mansion strained the first couple’s marriage.… Continue Reading
The UK Serious Fraud Office could decide “as soon as next month” whether to charge former Barclays executives over undisclosed payments the bank made to Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund in 2008, when the Bank was trying to raise money during the credit crunch.… Continue Reading
Job title: Assistant United States Attorney
Employer: United States Attorneys Office
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description
The United States Attorneys Office (USAO), District of Arizona, is seeking applications from attorneys for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) position in one of the largest USAOs in the nation.… Continue Reading
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted a Chinese citizen on five felony offenses for a computer hacking scheme that targeted American defense contractors building military aircraft.
Su Bin — who also used the names Stephen Su, Stephen Subin and Steven Subin — was named in a five-count indictment returned Thursday afternoon and filed in United States District Court, the DOJ said Friday.… Continue Reading