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For years, Facebook gave some of the world's largest technology companies more intrusive access to users' personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and interviews.

Panasonic Corp. violated accounting rules stemming from a scandal that cost the company more than $280 million, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.

New York's banking regulator ordered Barclays to pay $15 million in penalties after the British bank's chief executive officer attempted to unmask a whistle-blower, the regulator said on Tuesday.

Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs on Monday, accusing the giant Wall Street bank of making false and misleading statements

The conduct came to light because of a whistleblower. A former bookkeeper reported the company's conduct in a complaint to the court.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today it will become a party in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco against Sacramento-based Sutter Health LLC and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

More than 18 months ago, the Manhattan district attorney's office opened yet another investigation into fraud in the city's $62 billion construction industry, this one involving Bloomberg L.P., the financial information and media company owned by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is considering running for president in 2020.

Six Michigan doctors have been charged with insurance fraud and unnecessarily prescribing opioids to patients in a $464 million scheme, according to court documents filed this week by federal prosecutors.

The biggest-ever bet on Bitcoin options is about to expire worthless.

Four individuals have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Southern District of New York with wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering and other offenses in connection with their alleged roles in a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. ("Mossack Fonseca"), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and related entities

On Friday, hospitality giant Marriott revealed a massive hack led to the theft of personal data of a whopping 500 million customers of its Starwood hotels.

The Securities Exchange Commission announced its first civil penalties against founders who did not register new coin offerings, adding to its crackdown aimed at abuses and outright fraud in the growing digital industry.

Marriott has disclosed a massive data breach for about 500 million guests who booked reservations at its Starwood properties.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a self-described penny stock promoter and an entity he controlled with orchestrating a scheme to manipulate trading in at least 97 microcap stocks.

We are grateful to the whistleblower who helped bring this illegal conduct to light and are pleased to be able to give back the money rightfully owed to Hudson Valley customers.

Nissan Motor Co. ousted him as its chairman last week, saying an internal investigation prompted by a whistleblower also found Ghosn misused company money and assets.

This month, Mr. Andrade will be known for something else: On Nov. 27, he is expected to be sentenced for taking bribes as Venezuela's treasurer, in a money-laundering scheme that made him a billionaire.

Goldman Sachs, facing one of the most significant scandals in its history, has turned to a well-worn defense: the rogue employee narrative.

The Justice Department announced today that British Airways Plc (BA) and Iberia Airlines (Iberia) have agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve their liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting the times they transferred possession of United States mail to foreign postal administrations or other intended recipients under contracts with the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s reputation is facing one of its biggest crises of the decade -- and now its shares are, too.