Sentences with phrase «year investigation by»

But our determination to give brokers some control in the Wild West of the Internet led to a two - year investigation by the Justice Department.

Chief Littlechild helped to lead a seven - year investigation by Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission into the country's «saddest, darkest, most unknown history», to unveil the truth and hear the stories of the survivors, many of whom were subject to abuse in the government - funded church - run boarding schools.

The claim was issued in 2008 following a further five year investigation by SOCA.

The announcement by Peabody came as a result of a two - year investigation by the New York Attorney General Office for not disclosing the impacts that climate change regulation would have on its business to investors.

«There is no other action associated with this settlement, no admission or denial of wrongdoing and no financial penalty,» the company said of the culmination of a two - year investigation by the New York Attorney General's Office in which it was accused of violating state laws prohibiting «false and misleading conduct» in statements to the public and investors.

In 2014, following a two - year investigation by the FBI and state attorney general's office, Tanski pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in Saratoga County and admitted using six accomplices, including his employees, to conceal large political donations to Wormuth at a time when she was seeking to run for re-election.

As it turns out, they've had good reason, according to state AG Eric Schneiderman, following a three - year investigation by his office.

The charges were the result of a two - year investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

A one - year investigation by the state's weight and measure inspectors — yes, they exist and they're tough — found Whole Foods had gouged customers in a number of ways.

Six banks involved in the benchmark rigging were asked to pay a total of $ 5.6 billion in fines in May after a two - year investigation by regulators.

After a two - year investigation by Canada's antitrust agency, Amazon Canada has agreed to change its pricing strategy in Canada and pay a fine of Can $ 1.1 million (about US$ 840,000) for displaying misleading prices about savings.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, an investigation by CNN focused on the dark side of ride hailing drivers, finding 103 U.S. Uber drivers accused of sexual assault or abuse in the past four years and and 18 drivers for Lyft.

But US investigators, who have opened investigations into several members of Trump's inner circle and their ties to Russia over the past year, say they have been able to corroborate some of the details in the dossier by intercepting some of the conversations between some senior Russian officials and other Russians, CNN reported on Friday.

A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an investigation into the former boss.

Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

That money, which is mostly held in short - term U.S. bonds and money market funds, was kept in Ireland for years, until an investigation by the European Union into whether the company failed to pay taxes caused it to move its holdings to Jersey, a small island off the coast of Normandy that rarely taxes corporations.

McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this year amid an internal investigation by the Office of Inspector General into his approval of unauthorized disclosures to the media in October 2016 about the bureau's Hillary Clinton email investigation.

Navient said the CFPB filed suit because the company rejected an ultimatum from the agency to settle a near three - year investigation into it by Friday, when President - elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated.

Vestager's predecessor, Joaquin Almunia, held four years of investigations, triggered by complaints from rivals including Microsoft.

A Wall Street Journal investigation earlier this year linked companies controlled by Canada Drugs through its wholesale division to a shipment of a fake cancer drug, though the FDA hasn't reached a conclusion.

Mortgages were the second-most complained about product, prompting 67 new investigations last year, followed by personal accounts with 61.

The world's most popular search engine has been under investigation for nearly three years by the European Commission, the EU executive.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

The company is now under federal investigation while its founder deals with a two - year ban by regulators from operating a lab.

Meanwhile, the Investigation Discovery channel, owned by Discovery Communications, plans to air its own series next year, called Hard Evidence: O.J. Is Innocent and executive produced by actor Martin Sheen, that claims it will present never - before - seen evidence that would prove Simpson's innocence.

Although one underwriter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the SEC last year, on the whole the bankers of our small - company group behaved better than that: as of the spring of 1997, not one of their issues had gone under.

McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this year amid an internal investigation by the Office of Inspector General into his approval of unauthorized disclosures to the media in October 2016 about the bureau's Hillary Clinton email probe.

Incidents of misconduct by Rose were far more numerous than previously known, according to an investigation by The Washington Post, which also found three occasions over a period of 30 years in which CBS managers were warned of his conduct toward women at the network.

An investigation last year by the Financial Times and ProPublica first detailed how STARS produced tax benefits for U.S. banks beginning in 1999.

Any material issues raised by the most recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board inspection, peer review, or independent registered public accounting firm internal quality control review or by any inquiry or investigations by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with such issues.

A New York Times investigation published last year found that the family had documented assets of more than $ 160 million, a conservative figure that did not include bank accounts, real estate, assets held by proxies or other wealth not reflected in publicly available records.

It's important to note that Trump's lawyers have repeatedly told him not to mention Mueller by name, and Trump held off for almost a year after Mueller started his investigation in early 2017.

AggregateIQ is now among 30 companies being investigated by the UK's data watchdog, the ICO, as part of an ongoing (and now almost year - long) investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes.

Meanwhile, the 49 - year - old victim Elaine Herzberg was reportedly walking with her bike loaded with bags as she crossed the dark road, as seen on the video furnished by Tempe authorities during the investigation.

FBI investigators had found new emails on a computer used by Clinton's aide, Huma Abedin, after Comey closed the investigation in July of that year.

The biggest share of legal payments in the first quarter of this year — about $ 348,000 — went to Jones Day, a law firm representing the campaign in the investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

A National Public Radio investigation last year found that they inconsistently apply Facebook's standards, echoing previous research by other outlets.

Those stocks have enjoyed sustained growth in recent years, regularly reaching record highs despite the relative chaos of the daily news cycle dominated by the Russia investigation and fears of conflict in North Korea.

Incidents of sexual misconduct by Charlie Rose were far more numerous than previously known, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post, which also found three occasions over a period of 30 years in which CBS managers were warned of his...

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors.

The investigation, headed by the agency's economic offences wing, is looking into the victim's claim of losing just under 7 bitcoins in total last year.

Wells said the investigation was covered by a third party firm, which identified 2.55 million potentially unauthorized accounts from the original four - and - a-half year time frame plus another 981,000 accounts in the expanded, eight year period.

The Holder investigation — as it has been called internally — was launched earlier this year, in the wake of an explosive blog post by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler about pervasive sexism, unchecked sexual harassment and a general state of corporate fuck - upery.

Eight years have passed since the FBI's insider trading investigation into Galleon Group, but the subject remains a concern in the minds of alternative investment industry participants, according to a new survey by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Serial may be over, but the snowball started by its investigation into the case of Adnan Syad, who was jailed for the murder of his 18 - year - old ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee,...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey resigned as honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford after the public inquiry into child sex abuse last year heard he delayed a «proper investigation» into Ball's crimes for two decades by failing to pass information to police.

Four years after the BHA complained to the European Commission (EC) alleging that UK law breaks European law in allowing widespread discrimination in employment by faith schools, and two years after the EC took the matter up as the subject of a formal investigation, the Commission has decided that there is no breach of current legislation.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that the two men, a 25 - year - old and a 30 - year - old had been trained by al - Quaeda, and had been under investigation b the RCMP and the FBI and the United States» Homeland Security department for some time.