Region: United States of America

Republican US Senator Marco Rubio, one of the top China hawks in Congress, re-introduced a bill to crack down on American companies that engage in corruption that benefits the Chinese government; A Manhattan federal court ordered a disgraced businessman to pay his former lawyers $2.6 million in unpaid legal fees stemming from an FCPA conviction.

01 February 2023

The call for stricter export controls enforcement follows reports that Russia is attacking Ukrainian civilians with drones built with parts manufactured by US companies.

01 February 2023

01 February 2023

01 February 2023

The first Unaoil brother to be sentenced called himself “exhibit A” for the benefits of government collaboration during a hearing in a Houston federal court.

30 January 2023

A former Deutsche Bank trader whose conviction for manipulating Libor was thrown out in 2022 has sued the bank and three ex-colleagues who assisted the government’s case against him.

27 January 2023

The US commercial real estate market is uniquely vulnerable to sanctions evasions because of its relative opacity, according to a recent alert from FinCEN.

26 January 2023

In back-to-back hearings, a Houston federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two oil industry men, Jose Luis De Jongh-Atencio and Roberto Enrique Rincón-Fernández, to prison time for participating in a far-reaching corruption scheme linked to Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

26 January 2023

A December 2022 memo penned by Attorney General Merrick Garland is the latest iteration of what lawyers have described as DOJ leadership’s flip-flopping position on how harsh prosecutors should be in charging decisions.

25 January 2023

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals brought by two former Deutsche Bank traders against their convictions for manipulating precious metals markets.

25 January 2023