Sentences with phrase «for illegal practices»
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The indictment states that SAC has been charged «with criminal responsibility for insider trading offenses committed by numerous employees and made possible by institutional practices that encouraged the widespread solicitation and use of illegal inside information.»
The Wells Fargo case came to light late last week when the bank agreed to pay a $ 185 million fine for what regulators called «widespread illegal» sales practices.
The Food and Drug Administration issued more than a dozen warnings over the illegal packaging practice, saying it can lead to poisoning if children mistakenly drink the liquids, which are intended for use with e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
It's also a legacy of «redlining» by banks — the past practice, now illegal, of classifying minority - dominated neighborhoods as too dangerous for lending.
One reason: In 2012, the company paid a $ 3 billion fine to US authorities for various illegal marketing activities, but remained under investigation for fraudulent sales practices in China and elsewhere, and could have faced criminal prosecution, according to the lawsuit.
«We have simply noted in conversation with Mr. de Voogd that without the registration required by the Money Laundering and Terrorism Prevention Act, offering financial service could be grounds for criminal proceedings for illegal economic activity, which is a standard practice for, say, pawnshops.
The Yale Law School graduate is seen as showing genuine concern about others at the company, which raises the question: Why did he stay at a company that has come under fire for its questionable and sometimes illegal practices?
Wells Fargo has been fined a total of $ 185 million for the widespread illegal practice of secretly opening unauthorized deposit and credit card accounts, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Illegal aliens give our serial killers more fodder for practice and fine tuning their craft before they get caught and go to prison.
Can89 and Mirsal — People have been justifying illegal, immoral, or intrusive practices under the disguise of a religious belief for centuries.
These forces are the stuff of everyday life: rates of birth higher for Mexicans and Mexican - Americans than for most other ethnic groups; a chain of entirely legal immigration, as Mexican - Americans bestow residency and citizenship on their spouses, children and parents; and a practice of illegal immigration that is, in the vast majority of instances, born from ordinary people exercising common sense.
This season alone he has been suspended by the NCAA for accepting illegal benefits and by coach Lute Olson for insubordination in practice.
I'm going to assume, for the sake of brevity, that all of my readers are aware that Nestle has been subject to a boycott since the late 1970s for questionable, unethical, and sometimes blatantly illegal business practices.
Under licensure laws, it is illegal for a person to practice a profession without first meeting state standards.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Monday released a letter sent to the president of a health - care company that in a job placement ad that called for «no Hatians» to apply, warning the company that it was illegal to discriminate in hiring practices.
A code of practice for small - scale mining operations will be outdoored and committees will be formed in all mining Districts to fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small - scale miners
Whilst this may on the one hand fuel concerns about possible growth in the use of illegal pornographic content such as that depicting children or animals, it is also the same feature that allows a nervous or embarrassed teen to look for much - needed information about sexual identity or practices.
Good government groups and Senate Democrats, though, believe that the practice is illegal and have called for an investigation.
At 10 a.m., community organizations release report highlighting lack of oversight of for - profit commercial bail bond industry in New York City and call on elected officials and regulators to take immediate action to rein in predatory and illegal practices, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
He commended President Nana Akufo - Addo's vision and determination to bring to an end these societal enemies with the introduction of the Operation Vanguard, establishment of a permanent secretariat for the inter-ministerial committee, and recently the formation and inauguration of District committees against Illegal Mining (DCIM) in areas where the practice is common to bring the menace under control.
The office of Mayor Stephanie Miner disagreed with the notion the practice is illegal and argued using SURA to get around required civil service exams for workers allowed the city to be more nimble in hiring.
Gailor said it was too early to determine if the state would seek to retry Newton on the two first - degree larceny charges and the two counts of illegal campaign practices, all of which involve Newton's unsuccessful 2012 bid for a state Senate seat representing Bridgeport.
The NYT's Michael Barbaro follows his in - depth piece on Trump's empire (the facts of which he declined to debate with The Donald on CNBC) with a report that AG Eric Schneiderman is investigating whether a for - profit school founded by Trump has engaged in illegal business practices.
His lawyers argued that federal prosecutors are wrongly going after Silver for practices that are not uncommon in Albany and not illegal.
The government through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources as part of activities to stop the menace, has temporarily placed a ban on the issuance of licenses for small - scale mining, and directed all illegal miners to cease the practice and evacuate from the various sites.
A private legal practitioner and NDC Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini described the practice as illegal and must be stopped.
Labour's John Biggs has been elected mayor of Tower Hamlets borough in east London to replace Lutfur Rahman, who was removed from office for «corrupt and illegal practices» in April.
At a Regional Media Seminar organised by the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) for security spokespersons in July 2016 in Rivers State, the former Director Defence Information, retired Major General Chris Olukolade said that «It is illegal to practice Public Relations in Nigeria without certification.»
The High Court ruled in February against Bideford Town Council, stating it was illegal for councils to continue with the practice of holding prayers at the start of meetings.
The shadow education secretary Ed Balls also called today for a government statement about the allegations that a number of senior public figures had had their voicemail messages intercepted, amid claims that Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was aware the illegal practice was going on while he was the newspaper's editor.
While crop burning has been illegal for years, there hasn't been a large enough deterrent to effectively crack down on the practice, in part because it's been difficult to measure exactly how much smoke from the fires is making it downwind to the city.
In Europe the practice is illegal for all livestock.
Illegal logging and slash - and - burn practices to clear land for farming — two major sources of income for impoverished Malagasy — have destroyed most of the country's native vegetation, including 90 % of its original forests.
In June, it introduced compulsory training for new workers on what constitutes illegal employment practices.
The European Commission proposed a ban on imports of fish from Sri Lanka for not tackling illegal fishing properly and lifted a ban on fish imports from Belize following the reform of its vessel inspection practices.
For instance, some political funding practices that are legal in one place may be illegal in another.
They introduced new guidelines that crack down on illegal practices often utilised by for - profit dating sites, and issued a joint directive requiring real - name registration for clients on online dating platforms.
In Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Kohn's subjects include a plastic surgeon whose practice is dominated by the victims of kidnappers who lost their ears to their captors; a political figure who uses his frog ranch as a cover for illegal business operations which have made him a multi-millionaire; and an auto customizer whose specialty is bullet - proofing luxury cars.
A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact was presented to: Crime + Punishment (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.
Focus Features won an intense bidding war for the rights to this film adaptation of Garrard Conley's memoir about a young man forced into the often abusive and increasingly illegal practice of «conversion therapy» to «cure» his homosexuality.
The U.S. Department of Education considers this practice illegal on the college level but has not addressed the issue for K - 12 schools.
With such discrimination illegal today, there is no need for them, but the vestigial practice is still a teacher union imperative.
In early 2013, Reuters released an in - depth report showing that charter schools across the United States have adopted complex screening practices that include requiring detailed applications available only in English, tight scheduling that allows for application only during an annual two - or three - hour window and Social Security card or birth - certificate checks (which are illegal requirements).
But scrutiny of the for - profits continues: «The states have opened another line of attack, with at least 24 attorneys general investigating whether for - profit colleges under their jurisdiction have engaged in false advertising, illegal recruiting practices or predatory loan schemes.»
«Commercial vehicle drivers who report injuries, hazards and illegal work practices should not fear retaliation for speaking out about unsafe work conditions,» said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels.
Let me also caution you that that there are a lot of «predatory» or «rip - off» companies operating within the realm of self - publishing that are known for using illegal and / or unethical business practices.
Amazon also uses this argument to defend its previous bullying of publishers when they agreed to switch to an «agency model» of pricing, referring to the practice as «illegal collusion» (though in fact, no publisher was ever prosecuted for collusion).
In August, the CFPB ordered Wells Fargo Bank to pay $ 4 million for illegal private student loan servicing practices.
This illegal practice establishes a brand new credit file by using an EIN (Employer Identification Number) instead of an SSN (Social Security Number), if you're caught, you could be indicted for fraud.