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Daily Compliance News

May 21, 2022 the Elon Accused Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
• AML sanctions enforcer to get more money. (WSJ)
• Harassment claim made against Elon Musk? (NYT)
• Pharma Bro released early from prison. (WaPo)
• Wells Fargo fined for AML lapses. (Reuters)

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Daily Compliance News

March 22, 2022 the Institutional Corruption Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Crypto an unlikely route for sanctions evasion. (WSJ)
  • Lebanese central bank chief charged with corruption.  (WSJ)
  • Met still ‘institutionally corrupt’? (BBC)
  • Wells Fargo sued for red-lining. (Bloomberg)
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Daily Compliance News

February 4, 2022 the Culture Matters Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • More Wells Fargo culture issues. (WSJ)
  • Homeland Security to study cyber-attacks.  (Bloomberg)
  • KPMG sued for $1.8bn over Carillion debacle. (Reuters)
  • WFT gets sued yet again. (WaPo)
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Daily Compliance News

January 19, 2022 the BoJo the Clown Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • No one warned him breaking the rules, was against the rules. (BBC)
  • Microsoft to buy Activision. (WSJ)
  • Good Luck. Wells Fargo hires new CRO. (WSJ)
  • Did Derchert lawyer hide hack provenance? (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

July 3, 2021 the Like the Mafia edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Will Wells Fargo ever change? (WSJ)
  • SFO ordered to reveal contacts with fixer. (FT)
  • DOJ probing Lordstown Motors. (WSJ)
  • Did Greensill mislead its insurers? (FT)
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Daily Compliance News

October 30, 2020-Wells Fargo Struggles edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Wells Fargo shares hit lowest since 2009. (WeCruitr)
  • Leon Black says he did nothing inappropriate with Epstein. (WSJ)
  • College football in chaos over Coronavirus. (WSJ)
  • Trump’s illegal actions against EEOC training draws business scrutiny. (WaPo)
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Daily Compliance News

October 16, 2020-the Wells Fargo Corruption Continues edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Wells Fargo fires over 100 for lying about PPP loan apps. (Forbes)
  • Store workers get fight prevention training for Covidiots. (NYT)
  • Largest criminal tax evasion case ever filed. (WSJ)
  • It turns out businesses want D&I training. (WSJ)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

Wells WAC-O Spending


Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode Matt Kelly and Tom Fox consider the $20+ billion spend by Wells Fargo for its various regulatory fines and penalties, investigative and remediation costs since the initial announcement of its fraudulent accounts scandal back in 2016.
Some of the highlights include:

  • How can you spend over $1bn on compliance remediation in one quarter?
  • Just how bad was the Wells Fargo culture?
  • Can the bank ever get it right?
  • How much is a functioning corporate culture worth? 

Resources
See Matt’s blog post, Wells Fargo’s Staggering Compliance Costs on Radical Compliance.

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This Week in FCPA

Episode 194 – the What’s $3bn between friends edition


As President Trump says coronavirus is no big deal and cuts CDC funding because ‘who needs scientists or facts’, Jay and Tom suspend their breathing masks shopping to consider some of the top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.

  1. The Wells Fargo DOJ/SEC settlement. Tom has a 4 part series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Matt Kelly has 2 parts on Radical Compliance. Mike Volkov on Corruption Crime and Compliance. Lawyers from Paul Weiss in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement Blog.
  2. Lawrence Hoskins FCPA verdicts overturned by trial court. Dick Cassin reports in the FCPA Blog.
  3. The Ethisphere 2020 WME awards are out. Even better news this year. See Ethisphere Press Release and List of 2020 WME companies.
  4. Compliance Week takes a deep dive into coronavirus and its impacts. Aaron Nicodemus on disruptions of supply chains, Jaclyn Jaeger on coronavirus impact on audits and how tech, medical and retail and are all responding. All of these articles are behind the CW firewall however you can register for a free trial on Compliance Week and read all these articles at no cost. Simply go to Compliance Week site and register for a free account to view four articles at no charge.
  5. NY state Shield Act coming into effect shortly. Is your company ready? Matthew Levin in CCI.
  6. Wow moments in compliance, Part 2. Geert Vermeulen continues his 5-part series in Risk and Compliance Platform Europe.
  7. What is cognitive diversity and why does it matter? Vera Cherepanova reports in the FCPA Blog.
  8. Will corruption cost Equatorial Guinea its IMF bailout? Rick Messick in the Global Anti-Corruption Blog.
  9. On the Compliance Podcast Network, Tom concludes his one month look at the role of HR in compliance on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program.This week saw the following offerings: Monday-using promotion to encourage compliance; Tuesday-tone in the middle of an organization; Wednesday-tone at the bottom of an organization; Thursday-Gap Analysis for HR;Friday-10 questions to pose to HR. Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. If you want to binge out and listen to only these episodes, click here.
  10. Join Tom in Houston on March 10 as Convercent is hosting a Roundtable, from 12-2 at Steak 48. Our featured speaker will be Philip Winterburn and featured guest is Terri Springer from HP. We will focus on key KPIs for compliance. Information and Registration here.
  11. Join Tom in NYC on Thursday, March 12 as Convercent is hosting an Innovation Forum from 3:30-7 PM at Satina. This event will allow you to network with like-minded individuals within the ethics and compliance space and hear from Thomas Fox and Philip Winterburn as well. For more information and registration click here.
  12. If not Houston or NYC, how about joining Tom in Philly? Join Baker Tilly and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors for the 2020 Fraud and Ethics Symposium. Information here and registration here.

Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.

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Daily Compliance News

February 22, 2020, the $3bn Club edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Did SFO employee leak investigation information? (Reuters)
  • Wells Fargo joins the $3bn club. (WSJ)
  • Grand Jury wants to know if Boeing top pilot lied to FAA. (WSJ)
  • “I don’t think I should be held accountable” (Tone really does start at the top). (WSJ)