Sentences with phrase «including financial fraud»

During his six years as a federal prosecutor, he led the investigation and prosecution of a wide range of federal crimes, including financial fraud, money laundering, public corruption, asset forfeiture, racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and murder.

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Manafort and his longtime business associate Rick Gates were indicted last week on charges related to alleged financial crimes that include money laundering and tax fraud.

Bitconnect had recently been accused of running a Ponzi scheme — the financial fraud most famously perpetrated by Bernie Madoff — by several influential investors, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and billionaire cryptocurrency investor Mike Novogratz.

That figure includes 487 individual cases of alleged insider trading, 365 for stock manipulation, 343 for violations of laws and rules related to financial disclosure, 196 for contempt of the regulatory agency, and another 94 for fraud against customers.

Included in the IDA's proposal was a requirement for CEOs and CFOs to personally sign off on company financial statements, and «increase the penalties of criminal liability and obstruction of justice» for securities fraud.

Past opportunities include claims, judgements, private notes and financings, loans, distressed secondaries, derivative contracts and other financial instruments in a variety of situations such as insolvencies, class actions, frauds and insurance liquidations.

The charges include two counts of fraud in connection with the sale of securities; first - degree financial exploitation of the elderly; sale of unregistered securities; sale of securities by an unregistered agent; two counts of first - degree insurance fraud; and two counts of first - degree theft of property.

Investors in cryptocurrency are highly reliant upon unregulated companies, including some that may lack appropriate internal controls and may be more susceptible to fraud and theft than regulated financial institutions.

The three - day convention features panel and keynote speakers highlighting various aspects of financial services including alternative lending and credit, B2B payments and finance, blockchain technology, data and algorithm - based innovation, digital banking and personal finance, economic inclusion and financial health, entrepreneurship and investing, real - time cross-border payments, insurance tech, issuing innovations, legal and regulatory issues, marketing and customer experience, mobile wallets and payments, new market research, next gen retail and commerce, PSO, as well as security and fraud.

To quote from the company's 2017 10 - K filing «We represent underperforming companies that are debtors - in - possession and lenders... we provide independent litigation consulting, including bankruptcy and avoidance litigation... [and] advise our clients in response to allegations involving the propriety of accounting and financial reporting, fraud, regulatory scrutiny and anti-corruption.»

View this complimentary webinar to learn about the most common fraud tactics, including BEC wire scams, financial malware and ransomware, along with how commercial real estate companies are specifically targeted.

Those cases include decisions addressing the jurisdiction of the SEC, the CFTC and bank regulators over newly created derivatives and other financial instruments; the scope of the definition of a «security»; the availability of private damage actions; extraterritorial application of U.S. securities and futures laws; the standards of liability for fraud and manipulation; electronic trading markets; and the scope of fiduciary obligations of brokerage firms and banks.

These include nuclear warfare triggered off by compter malfunctioning, large - scale financial frauds, technological addiction, and aviation diasters.

«Some examples of information that can be submitted include: Mismanagement or misappropriation of public funds and assets (e.g. properties and vehicles); financial malpractice or fraud; collecting / soliciting bribes; corruption; diversion of revenues, fraudulent and unapproved payments; splitting of contracts; procurement fraud (kickbacks and over-invoicing etc.).»

As the private staff will have access to customer data it poses a serious threat to the security of customers» data, including financial information, and increases the potential for tax credit fraud.

According to Crudele federal investigators are looking at voter fraud and financial mismanagement in the borough.Materials turned over to the FBI are said to include evidence of alleged voter fraud — particularly alleged fake signatures on voter petitions.

His other major financial - crime victories include snaring a record $ 1.2 billion penalty from Steven Cohen's firm, SAC Capital Advisors, which pleaded guilty to insider - trading violations in November 2013; and nailing technology - research analyst John Kinnucan, who pleaded guilty to securities - fraud charges in July 2012.

Consumers also should use a hand to cover a keypad when entering a PIN and be careful of criminals «shoulder surfing»; regularly monitor their accounts, financial statements, and credit reports to be alerted to skimmer fraud or any type of identity theft; and, provide financial institutions with up - to - date contact information, including a mobile telephone number.

Thanking government and other financial institutions for their support, Chief Executive officer for PaySwitch Kojo Choi said his outfit was committed to delivering on all promises made to its clients, which includes a convergent payment solution ranging from card issuance, hosting, fraud solution, payment aggregation and consultancy.

This includes romance fraud, financial scams and other acts.

in order to prevent fraud, cheating and money laundering we may disclose User Information and betting and gaming history to third parties including, but not limited to, any relevant regulator, gaming and sporting bodies, financial institutions and law enforcement agencies or any other body that deals with the investigation of alleged offences.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

Auditing teams should include members certified in Financial Forensics trained to detect fraud.

This complete unit plan includes lessons, activities, projects, and case studies that help students avoid becoming victims of financial scams and fraud such including identity theft.

ExED offers client schools a valuable Financial Oversight Toolkit which shares our collective wisdom regarding financial oversight best practices, and includes primers on such topics as school roles and responsibilities, fraud and mismanagement, and 50 Smart Questions about financial maFinancial Oversight Toolkit which shares our collective wisdom regarding financial oversight best practices, and includes primers on such topics as school roles and responsibilities, fraud and mismanagement, and 50 Smart Questions about financial mafinancial oversight best practices, and includes primers on such topics as school roles and responsibilities, fraud and mismanagement, and 50 Smart Questions about financial mafinancial management.

The report presents a comprehensive survey of the abundant news accounts and prominent studies documenting the origins of the modern charter industry, its incredibly successful public relations and marketing effort, and the significant problems it leaves in its wake, including widespread financial fraud and abuse, dubious academic results, and a weakening of democratic control of local schools.

Governor Malloy's tenure has been characterized by denigrating teachers, vigorously opposing adequate funding of public schools and vastly increasing financial support for privately run charter schools which fail to serve the state's neediest children, including English Language Learners and students with disabilities, have disturbingly harsh disciplinary policies, increase racial isolation, drain public money from needy public schools and have even been implicated in fraud and theft.

Traffic fines, alimony, or child support is not included in your bankruptcy along with any type of fraud, embezzlement or financial misrepresentation.

The routine uses of this information include, but are not limited to, its disclosure to federal, state, or local agencies, to private parties such as relatives, present and former employers, business and personal associates, to consumer reporting agencies, to financial and educational institutions, and to guaranty agencies in order to verify your identity, to determine your eligibility to receive a loan or a benefit on a loan, to permit the servicing or collection of your loan (s), to enforce the terms of the loan (s), to investigate possible fraud and to verify compliance with federal student financial aid program regulations, or to locate you if you become delinquent in your loan payments or if you default.

They may perform functions including, but not limited to, providing products and services; analyzing data; supplying marketing assistance; providing search results and links; sending postal mail and email; providing background and credit checks; providing fraud checks; providing customer service; supplying marketing assistance; assisting in debt collections; and providing other financial, technical, logistical, tax, legal, compliance or administrative functions.

These entities include, but are not limited to, financial institutions; auditors; background and credit check organizations; fraud prevention service providers; marketing service providers; database managers; customer service providers and representatives; debt collectors; and others who perform technical, logistical, financial, tax, legal, compliance or administrative functions on our behalf.

Those categories include debts for alimony and child support; money obtained through filing false financial statements; debts for willful and malicious injury to person or property; debts for death or personal injury caused by the debtor's operation of a motor vehicle while the debtor was intoxicated; and debts from fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, embezzlement or larceny.

Receiving alerts about key changes — these could include new lines of credit, new bank accounts and interstate moves — occurring on your credit report in real time can help you make smarter financial decisions and act swiftly in the event of fraud or identity theft.

Examples of information we receive from other sources includes credit history information from credit bureaus, which we use to help prevent and detect fraud and to offer certain credit or financial services to some customers.

In light of these alarming trends, financial institutions must implement the right solutions to protect their systems and their customers from threats including identity theft and fraud.

The offences within its competence include fraud (Article 3 Proposed Directive Financial Interests), but also money laundering, corruption and misappropriation (Article 4 Proposed Directive Financial Interests).

He is regularly instructed on disputes concerning civil fraud and asset tracing, banking and other financial litigation, and company law disputes of one sort of another (including shareholder disputes or claims against directors).

She represents companies, financial institutions and individuals in civil and criminal matters, including investigations of alleged violations of the FCPA, fraud and other financial crimes.

His practice includes business agreements and contractual disputes of all kinds, banking and financial services related litigation, civil fraud, company, partnership and insolvency matters, property litigation, energy and minerals, fiduciaries and professional negligence.

His previous experience included a 10 - year spell at the South African Department of Justice, latterly as a founding member of the office for serious economic offences, where he worked on cross-border investigations and High Court prosecutions relating to bribery and corruption, stock exchange trading schemes, foreign exchange frauds and manipulations, pyramid investment schemes and financial instrument forgery syndicates.

His experience includes representing clients in investigations of securities and other financial fraud, insurance fraud and criminal antitrust violations.

White - collar crime generally includes securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, mortgage fraud, health care fraud, bankruptcy fraud, insider trading, computer and Internet fraud, financial and accounting fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, conspiracy, telemarketing fraud, commodities and futures fraud, business opportunity schemes, tax fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud, FEMA fraud, perjury, obstruction of justice, criminal contempt, bribery, public corruption, and economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.

Caroline is instructed in a wide range of commercial and chancery disputes including: general contractual disputes; civil fraud; breach of directors» duties; shareholder disputes; derivative claims; jurisdiction issues; applications under the Bankers» Books Evidence Act 1879; joint venture agreements; financial services disputes; insurance / re-insurance; enforcement of foreign judgments; mortgage fraud and claims concerning undue influence.

Tracking data «also supports robust consumer protections including safety mechanisms that range from fraud detection in financial services to prevention of online threats,» say the advertisers.

She has over 14 years of forensic accounting experience conducting fraud investigations, FCPA compliance assessments, forensic due diligence, third party compliance audits and anti-money laundering services serving multinationals, law firms and financial institutions in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the APAC region, including 6 years in Shanghai.

Obtained dismissals of suits against financial institutions seeking damages for claims including negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair business practices and elder abuse.

Anton's practice spans all core areas of Chambers» work, including commercial litigation, arbitration, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, and banking and financial services.

Jessica has 7 years of experience in advising on financial crime compliance and investigations, including on economic sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and fraud issues primarily for financial institutions but also including corporates.

Notable cases include Solo Industries UK Ltd v Canara Bank [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 578 (Commercial Court & Court Of Appeal) and Standard Bank London v Canara Bank (Commercial Court), concerning the effect of third - party fraud on guarantees, and Sucden Financial Ltd v Garcia (Commercial Court), on whether an instrument was a guarantee or a performance bond.

Douglas B. Thayer is a member of the firm's Litigation section with many years of trial experience in civil and criminal litigation involving fraud, embezzlement, and complex financial transactions, including but not limited to, high income complicated marital estates and probate matters.