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On the same day it announced the arrest, the DOJ said it had succeeded in getting a judge to order forfeiture of more than $800,000 used in a separate illegal scheme to ship a “jig grinder” to Russia.

05 April 2023

The US Department of Justice’s legal adviser in Argentina has said that helping local prosecutors obtain digital material from the US is one of the biggest difficulties she faces in her role.

05 April 2023

The Bank of England’s regulatory arm has accused Wyelands Bank of “wide-ranging significant regulatory failings” including not retaining its employees’ work-related WhatsApp messages.

05 April 2023

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz plans to appeal against the decision to uphold his conviction for bribing a wife of the late president of Guinea to secure lucrative mining licences in the African country.

04 April 2023

A London judge said that the company’s former CEO directed a “substantial, lengthy and sophisticated fraud” to dupe five banks into agreeing to multi-million-pound loans.

04 April 2023

Investigations consultancy Kroll and law firm Jones Day have denied committing misconduct in an investigation of Wirecard short-seller Matthew Earl.

04 April 2023

The former general counsel of Venezuela’s state oil company admitted to accepting some $11.5 million in bribes; FinCEN is looking for a new director; and two banks successfully dismissed a Helms-Burton suit for a second time.

04 April 2023

The “Wolf of Wall Street” star testified on the film's financing by alleged 1MDB architect Jho Low and recalled a conversation with Michel about the former Fugees rapper’s plan to contribute millions to former US President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

03 April 2023

California-based Uphold HQ has become the latest company in the cryptocurrency space to face an enforcement action for alleged failures to comply with US sanctions.

03 April 2023

Lawyers in Ireland are divided about new laws that include a lower bar for prosecuting individuals in white-collar cases.

03 April 2023