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GIR Live: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering 2022

Former Salvadorean football official sentenced to 16 months in prison

The former president of El Salvador’s football federation will also pay $360,000 for his role in an international corruption scheme that the US has been pursuing for years.

Mixed reviews for government’s new Economic Crime Bill

Lawyers expressed both optimism and scepticism about the various new provisions in the UK government’s latest economic crime bill, set to give more powers to the country’s authorities and enable information sharing among businesses.

People News: senior DOJ official rejoins Jenner & Block

In the latest people news roundup, home exercise equipment company Peleton has recruited an in-house investigations lawyer from Uber, and Jenner & Block has re-hired a high-ranking DOJ official.

US regulators issue $1.8 billion in fines over personal messaging usage

The SEC has announced a “first-of-its-kind group resolution” against 11 financial institutions for breaching rules governing the use of personal devices at work.

Oracle reaches second FCPA settlement with SEC

The SEC accused the multinational technology company of using slush funds to bribe officials in India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

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DOJ official expands on expectations for corporate clawback policies, self-disclosure

“What we expect now in 2022, is that companies will have robust and regularly deployed clawback programmes. All too often we see companies scramble to dust off and implement dormant policies once they're in the crosshairs of an investigation,” Marshall Miller told an audience at GIR Live: New York on Tuesday.

GIR Awards: final call for nominations – deadline extended

Readers can submit nominations for the GIR Awards until 5 September.

Lawrence Hoskins wins appeal in bribery case

A US appellate court held that Hoskins was improperly prosecuted under the FCPA, saying that the UK national was not an agent of a US concern.

SFO reviews pile on the pressure

UK practitioners condemned the UK’s anti-fraud watchdog for the “basic” failures described in recent reviews of the agency and say the reports provide an urgent opportunity for learning and reflection by the SFO and the government.

Just Anti-Corruption

Settlement in 1MDB-related Goldman shareholder case gets preliminary approval

A New York federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement between Goldman Sachs and a Georgia retirement benefit manager awarding the bank nearly $80 million to strengthen its compliance programme.

Glencore sentenced to pay $485 million in DOJ market manipulation case

A Connecticut federal judge imposed terms set forth in a May 2022 plea agreement resolving DOJ allegations that the commodities trader manipulated oil prices.

Just Sanctions

OFSI fines competition organiser for accepting Crimea wines

The UK's civil sanctions enforcer has issued a £30,000 penalty to the UK company behind an annual beverage competition in Hong Kong for breaching sanctions targeting a Russian state company.

OFAC fines Crédit Agricole subsidiaries for sanctions breaches

Two companies indirectly owned by the wealth management arm of French lender Crédit Agricole have been fined for processing more than $4 million of payments for clients in five sanctioned countries.

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