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Chinese cable manufacturer charged with export controls violations for helping ZTE in Iran

Far East Cable was charged with violating US export regulations by helping ZTE continue selling telecommunications equipment to Iran.

Counsel Watch: The lawyers for Robinhood Crypto, JPMorgan and more

In the latest roundup, GIR looks at the lawyers who represented Robinhood Crypto before New York’s top financial regulator and those drafted in for recent settlements with financial crime prosecutors in France.

Ericsson sued by US military members for financing al-Qaeda, Islamic State

After recently announcing an SEC investigation related to the company’s conduct in the Middle East, the telecommunications company faces a private suit from US military members accusing it of making “protection payments” …

Odebrecht sanctioned by judge for not turning over documents in investor suit

The construction giant, which pleaded guilty in 2016 to paying more than $700 million in bribes to obtain business, defied a court order to produce documents for 20 months.

Former Deutsche Bank trader’s conviction overturned

A New York federal judge vacated the guilty plea of a former Deutsche Bank trader who allegedly conspired to manipulate the Libor interest benchmark after his alleged co-conspirators had their convictions overturned …

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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.

Inside HMRC’s export control enforcement strategy

GIR has obtained the guiding principles that the UK’s tax and customs agency uses to resolve criminal investigations into companies accused of violating export restrictions.

GIR Awards 2022: nominations wanted

Readers can now submit nominations for GIR’s eighth annual awards ceremony to be held in Washington, DC, on 17 November.

The DOJ “caught a minnow” with ex-Goldman Sachs banker’s trial

Lawyers and experts consider the legacy of the Roger Ng trial and the wider 1MDB investigation for the US and Malaysia.

Just Anti-Corruption

FCPA Docket: Chemical business Albemarle in FCPA settlement talks with DOJ

A North Carolina chemicals business said it was in settlement talks with the DOJ and the SEC over possible FCPA violations; A federal appeals court stayed a Houston judge’s order to dismiss a Venezuelan bribery case over jurisdictional issues.

Venezuelan businessman to forfeit $3 million for PDVSA bribery scheme

Carlos Enrique Urbano Fermín will forfeit $3 million in addition to the intermittent confinement ordered by a Florida judge in May.

Just Sanctions

Former DOJ attorney Brian Fleming joins Steptoe

Fleming left Miller & Chevalier after five years and started at Steptoe on 1 August to work with the firm’s national security, trade controls and CFIUS practice.

Venezuela cargo airline loses export privileges for buying plane from Iranian airline

The Bureau of Industry and Security said the airline bought the plane from an Iranian airline affiliated with a “designated terrorist organization.” The DOJ issued a seizure warrant for the aircraft, which is currently grounded in Argentina.

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