Search Results for: Fraud
Companies Dropping the Ball on Risk, Compliance
March 5th, 2015
Companies are woefully unprepared to deal with the increasingly challenging risk and compliance environment, and the blitz of devastating corporate blunders witnessed in 2014 will recur, and then some, this year, says Forrester Research in a scathing new report. ...
SFO launches investigation into Bank of England liquidity auctions
March 5th, 2015
It is unclear whether the Bank’s employees are suspected of involvement in any attempt to rig the auctions, used as emergency lending during the credit crisis The Bank of England has, today, issued the following statement: “Following the ...
China freezes accounts of metals-trading giant Trafigura
March 4th, 2015
Chinese police have frozen two bank accounts held by Trafigura, one of the world’s three largest private oil and metals traders, as the authorities investigate an alleged $32 million gasoline-trade fraud, according to three sources. Police have held Beijing-based ...
Six Reasons Why Economists Should Say Less About “Competition”
March 3rd, 2015
A short essay of mine titled “The Blurry Line Between Competition and Cooperation,” was published a month ago at the Library of Economics and Liberty website. I argued that the rule-based competition in economic markets is inextricably intermingled with ...
SEC Suspends Trading in 128 Dormant Shell Companies
March 3rd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an announcement informing that: It has suspended trading in 128 inactive penny stock companies to ensure they don’t become a source for pump-and-dump schemes. The trading suspensions are the latest in a ...
LedgerX Selects Ancoa to provide platform for monitoring bitcoin options trading
March 2nd, 2015
Ancoa has issued a press release informing that: LedgerX Selects Ancoa to Deliver First Real-Time Market Surveillance Capability for Bitcoin Options Trading Ancoa and LedgerX today announced that LedgerX has selected Ancoa to provide the first real-time market and ...
HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared
February 26th, 2015
HMRC‘s Chief Executive, Lin Homer, today announced in a Treasury Select Committee hearing that the French authorities have formally agreed that HMRC can share stolen HSBC Suisse customer account data with other law enforcement agencies and regulators, for the ...
FCA warning against clone firm
February 26th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK: Ikon ...
Citigroup unit probed by more authorities over money laundering
February 26th, 2015
Citigroup Inc (C.N) said additional government authorities have started probes of possible breaches of anti-money laundering laws at its Banamex USA unit. (Read more: International and regional bodies that combat money laundering ) The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a unit of ...
BNY Mellon in forex settlement talks with U.S., N.Y. – sources
February 25th, 2015
Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N) is in settlement talks with the U.S. Justice Department and New York attorney general over claims the bank defrauded clients in foreign exchange transactions, according to sources familiar with the matter. BNY ...
