Harry Cassin | Publisher and Editor
Harry Cassin is the publisher and editor of the FCPA Blog.
He is the CEO of Recathlon LLC, the owner of the FCPA Blog and provider of global FCPA and compliance information and data services.
He lived and worked in Asia (Singapore and Hong Kong) and served as a director of a compliance solutions provider.
He holds an IACA Level 1 anti-corruption expert qualification and an undergraduate degree from Valparaiso University in international economics and Chinese.
Recent Posts
We’ve made some changes
Some of our eagle-eyed readers have noticed that we’ve made some changes to the FCPA Blog’s editorial content since the start of the year. Here’s
Cisco discloses investigation of alleged payments to foreign officials
Cisco Systems, Inc. said in an SEC filing Tuesday that it is investigating allegations that former employees in China ran a “self-enrichment scheme” that may
World Bank ramps up debarment enforcement, adopts new sanction disclosure practice
The World Bank debarred 267 firms and individuals last year, including cross debarments, in a big jump from prior years.
Resource Alert: Turkish translation of DOJ guidance for evaluating compliance programs
The Ethics and Reputation Society of Turkey has translated the DOJ’s June 2020 Guidance for the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.
Five numbers that show just how big the FCPA industry has become
How much has FCPA enforcement and compliance changed over the last decade? Ask anyone who’s been around, and they’ll probably say “a lot” or “completely.”
Deutsche Bank pays $122.9 million to resolve ‘business development’ FCPA offenses
Deutsche Bank AG agreed Friday to pay the DOJ and SEC $122.9 million in penalties and disgorgement to resolve FCPA offenses in China, Italy, Abu
The 2020 FCPA Enforcement Index
In 2020, the DOJ and SEC brought FCPA enforcement actions against 12 companies and imposed financial penalties totaling a record $6.4 billion. For a comparison,
Getting to $6.4 billion: 2020’s corporate FCPA enforcement actions ranked by size
There have been a dozen corporate FCPA enforcement actions this year, including two of the biggest resolutions ever.
World Bank debars unit of listed Singapore company for concealing agent’s commission
The World Bank debarred a Singapore marine equipment supplier Wednesday for six months for misrepresentations in bidding documents connected to a project in Bangladesh.
Why does the SEC whistleblower reward program have so many secrets?
The SEC has awarded 123 whistleblowers an astounding $731 million since the first payout in 2012. But what do we really know about the whistleblower