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Daily Compliance News

January 14, 2023 – The Crackdown on Crypto Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • SEC cracks down on crypto. (NYT)
  • Musk wants a change of venue. (WSJ)
  • Trump org fined $1.6MM for tax fraud. (Reuters)
  • EU subcommittee on human rights hub of EU corruption investigation. (Political)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

DFS Fines Coinbase

The award-winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more. In this episode, Matt and I take a look at the recent NY state Department of Financial Services sanction involving the crypto trading platform Coinbase, which just agreed to pay $50 million to the DFS and to spend another $50 million over the next two years to improve its compliance program.

Some of the highlights include:

·      What was the fine and associated spending for?

·      What did the Coinbase compliance program fail on?

·      How did Coinbase’s explosive growth fuel a culture of non-compliance?

·      How did Coinbase fall further and further behind?

·      Why and how did the Coinbase solution worsen the problem?

·      Why does a company need to start with a solid foundation of clearly defined procedures?

·      What is the role of effective and efficient technology?

·      What are the lessons learned?

 Resources

Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance

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Daily Compliance News

January 4, 2023 – The SBF Pleads Not Guilty Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

·       SBF pleads not guilty. (Reuters)

·       IRS does something with crypto. (WSJ)

·       Passports, corruption in Uruguay. (FT)

·       ESPN-news outlet? (NYT)

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Daily Compliance News

December 23, 2022 – The Lonely at the Top Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • What the year in crypto taught us. (FT)
  • Senate probing automaker’s use of Uyghur forced labor. (WSJ)
  • Bye-Bye Bieber. (BBC)
  • SBF is getting lonely. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News

December 17, 2022 – The Lavish Life Style Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • When does a lavish lifestyle = Red Flags? (NYT)
  • Amazon agrees to business practice changes in the EU. (NYT)
  • DFS issues guidance for banks on crypto. (WSJ)
  • Crypto has made corruption worse. (The Guardian)
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Daily Compliance News

December 10, 2022 – The Brittney Griner Freed Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • More bribes by Qatar, this time at the EU Parliament.  (France24)
  • Brittney Griner comes home. (NYT) 
  • OCC banks should be wary of crypto. (WSJ)
  • The lawsuit claims Twitter targeted women for layoffs. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

November 29, 2022 the Light of Day Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Meta was fined $276MM for data-scraping. (WSJ)
  • Will the Supreme Court gut corruption laws? (Reuters)
  • Auditors nervous edition. (FT)
  • Does the SEC whistleblower program need greater transparency? (Bloomberg)
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Daily Compliance News

November 28, 2022 – The Back to Venezuela Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. 

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

· Chevron is going back into Venezuela. (WSJ)

· Amazon is hoping to settle by year-end with the EU. (Reuters)  

· Don’t let crypto fraud diminish blockchain. (FT

· Huawei and ZTE banned. (Bloomberg

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Daily Compliance News

November 17, 2022 the All WSJ Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Microsoft to revamp harassment policies. (WSJ)
  • SEC had a record year for enforcement. (WSJ)
  • Small businesses try to stop corporate registries. (WSJ)
  • Crypto and red flags in the financial industry. (NYT)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

From $34 Billion to $0 in One Week-FTX and Controls

The award-winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more. In this episode, we consider the recent collapse of the cryptocurrency trading platform FTX. We look at it from a variety of angles. Highlights include:

·       Where does FTX rate in terms of catastrophic business failures?

·       What were the internal control failures?

·       How much fraud was involved?

·       FTX is domiciled outside the US. What does that mean for the review process?

·       Will this lead to regulation over crypto?

 Resources

Matt Levine in Bloomberg on FTX’s balance sheet

Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance