The punishment for breaking financial regulations varies depending on the nature and severity of the offense. For example, some offenses can lead to fines while others, such as securities fraud or insider trading, can lead to jail time. The Bottom Line All of these government agencies seek to ...
UPI Investigates: The vaccine conflict– In the early 2000s, a four-month investigation by United Press International (UPI) identified “a web of close ties”and financial entanglements between CDC’s ACIP members and vaccine companies, including: Sharing vaccine patents; oOwning vaccine company st...
Manafort faces tax and bank fraud-related charges for work unrelated to the Trump campaign. Attorneys on both sides got the brunt of Ellis’ criticism after lawyers were caught rolling their eyes in response to his rulings or after stepping back from the bench. “Rein in your facial ...
Anna said it was "great" to see fixed-rate bonds holding firm even with expectations the Bank of England will cut rates three or four times in 2025. She noted that 12 months is a long time - with lots of factors that could influence the Bank's decision. "At the risk of s...
"Credit card payments are protected by the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), which allows you to dispute billing errors, which can include unauthorized charges, and temporarily withhold payment while the creditor investigates," Adler says.
Our work investigates and develops the algorithms required to set up an effective decentralized verification system. We hope our efforts will help safeguard digital identities, and bolster the security of the verification processes so many of us rely on. ...
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who less than a decade ago stood second in line to the presidency, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison Wednesday for a bank fraud case linked to allegations he sexually abused teen boys. Hastert must register as a sex offender. http:/...
Jeffrey Wigand is at the center of an epic multi-billion-dollar struggle that reaches from Capitol Hill to the hallowed journalistic halls of CBS’s 60 Minutes. Marie Brenner investigates.
Bannon is the co-founder of the Government Accountability Institute, or GAI, a nonprofit that investigates politicians and delivers findings to mainstream media outlets, like Newsweek and ABC News, according to Bloomberg. GAI’s president, Peter Schweizer, wrote Clinton Cash as well as the ebook...
Our study investigates the impact of local corruption culture on misconduct in the financial advisory industry. We find that advisors in areas with higher corruption levels are more prone to misconduct, underscoring the role of corruption culture in shaping unethical behavior. The enactment of the Dod...