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
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
A jury in London Thursday acquitted a sixth defendant of manipulating LIBOR — — the benchmark interest rate banks pay to borrow money from each other in the London market.
Darrell Paul Read, 50, had been acquitted Wednesday on one count of conspiracy to defraud.… Continue Reading
The Guardian newspaper reported in September 2014 that the terms and conditions for signing up for free Wi-Fi in London included a “Herod clause” requiring “the recipient . . . to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity.”… Continue Reading
In November, the Department of Justice confirmed the rumors that had circulated all fall about an appointment it was making in its Fraud Section: Hui Chen was selected to occupy the new role of in-house compliance counsel.… Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (State Department photo) If you’re a U.S. company — unless you’re a food, medicine/medical supplies, or civil aircraft/parts supplier — you still cannot have anything to do with Iran, even after the so-called lifting of sanctions as part of the nuclear accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.… Continue Reading
Five individuals were acquitted of conspiracy to defraud by a jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court Wednesday in the UK Serious Fraud Office’s ongoing criminal prosecutions for manipulating LIBOR — the interest rate banks pay to borrow money from each other in the London market.… Continue Reading
The state of Missouri may soon require a unique application of its ethics laws. A state lawmaker recently proposed a bill seeking to require lobbyists to disclose any “sexual relations” they may have with lawmakers (or their staffers).… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of SBM OffshoreThe chief executive of SBM Offshore, Bruno Chabas, and supervisory board member Sietze Hepkema, have reached an out of court settlement with Brazilian authorities tied to the ongoing Petrobras corruption probe, with small fines and no admission of guilt.… Continue Reading
Back to the Future predicted we’d have hoverboards in 2015, and it happened. But in the same year, the hoverboard industry crashed and burned. Was this an industrial catastrophe that Compliance 2.0 could have foreseen and prevented?… Continue Reading
The New York Times reported last week that Rajat Gupta will finish the final months of his two-year prison term for insider trading in home confinement. Whenever I hear about someone going home after serving time in prison, there is always a sense of relief that he or she has emerged from the other side of incarceration.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Officer
Company: Bilfinger SE
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Tasks
Like millions around the world, I’m glued to the Australia Open and captivated by the fitness and abilities I can only dream of. But the gloss of tennis has been tarnished for me ever since the joint Buzzfeed and BBC reports revealed suspected illegal betting in tennis matches and led them to claim that 15 players were involved in match fixing.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Officer
Company: Bilfinger SE
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Tasks
