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lapses in its Merrill Lynch unit's risk controls disrupted trading, bid to toss claims of interbank benchmark rate manipulation, reckless trades were "partly responsible" for the huge losses, systematically extracted hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid, Shell has paid an additional $8 million in settlement moneys

Stefan Knirsch is leaving the carmaker with immediate effect, Winterkorn, approved a plan to disclose only partial information on the carmaker's software rigging to U.S. authorities

record settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Siemens AG pleaded guilty in 2008 to violating the FCPA, charges against Barclays Bank, bank's hiring of relatives of influential Chinese officials was tantamount to paying a bribe, nation's highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers, $3 billion lawsuit by investors

employees are "encouraged to raise their hands" , raising the bar on world-wide enforcement efforts, Cornhill misconstrued the purpose for which sanctions were imposed, was a big part of some $1 billion in fictitious losses the IRS had discovered, mismanagement helped destroy nearly $200 billion of shareholder value

bankruptcy court orders shielding the post-bankruptcy version of the company from liability for ignition-switch defects, a sequence of events that would cripple the VW brand in the U.S. and plunge the company into a year of crisis.

Forty-two California government entities joined a whistleblower suit in December in California state court alleging that Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA overcharged government customers by more than $100 million.

court said it received some 750 lawsuits on Monday alone,

civil monetary penalty as a result of their unlawful conduct., whistleblower whose original information alerted the agency to a fraud. cozy relationships between audit partners and clients are off the table, millions of dollars in federal government contracts, Should Dodd-Frank's anti-retaliation provisions be read broadly or narrowly?

Federal auto safety regulators on Monday made it official: They are betting the nation's highways will be safer with more cars driven by machines and not people.

has already been asked to clear his desk, News of a second crash involving Tesla Motors' semiautonomous driving system has raised questions about how early Tesla knew drivers may have been misusing the technology.

EcoWatch learned that the recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit was served on the chemical companies on Wednesday. The lawsuit was originally filed under seal in federal court in Northern California.

An Atkinson mother has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokee because her parked vehicle popped out of gear and rolled over her legs as she tried to stop it, according to her lawyer.

to settle claims it missold mortgage-backed securities, valuation of Exxon's assets from a global crack down on carbon pollution,False Claims Act settlement with UnitedHealth Group Inc, sectors where gift-giving is customary particularly worried.

Grand Cherokee owners have filed separate injury lawsuits in New Hampshire and Virginia, Star Trek actor killed by roll away Jeep, software glitch can stop the vehicles from accelerating. air bag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries.

Preventing flash traders from wreaking havoc is easier said than done., U.S. authorities are targeting what prosecutors believe are the spoils of alleged corrupt practice overseas, permanently enjoined it from engaging in any activity related to commodity trading, conflicts of interest in its funds that it failed to disclose to investors

declined GM's petition for an en banc rehearing

Enforcement Chief speaks at Taxpayers against fraud conference, "The more we pay awards, the more we encourage those high-quality tips to come in the door.", city liable on two counts of violating the federal Securities Act, fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions

orchestrating $500 million transaction to inflate the insurer's reserves and a $200 million transaction to hide underwriting losses. arranged for pharmacists to dispense its own versions of drugs, Loans did not meet applicable requirements, falsely misrepresented the pool's assets, primacy in any corporate case of holding individual wrongdoers accountable

Abbott is trying to get out of its $5.8 billion deal to acquire Alere, alleged violation of anti-bribery law, after spending months warning about possible illegal activity, traders manipulated the next-day, fixed-price gas market, company failed to properly accrue for a $60.9 million False Claims Act settlement

India investigate Brazilian aircraft manufacturer following US FCPA investigation, concealed numerous problems and red flags from investors, contractors providing U.S. Department of State security in Afghanistan, billed Medicare based on the false and fraudulent claims