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Sir Michael Caine has said he is still learning the true impact of the "casting couch" in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
It took a whistleblower who is a former Danske official to spark serious investigations into the tiny Estonian unit, which handled more than $235 billion in non-resident transactions from 2007 to 2015 - including an untold amount that was due to money laundering.
There appears to be a problem with an awful lot of Hyundai and Kia vehicles that have yet to be issued an official recall.
Through its investigation under the False Claims Act, the United States determined that Arena Americas paid Military Training Solutions to bid on and obtain small business contracts that ultimately would be performed by Arena Americas.
Cryptocurrency critic Nouriel Roubini, the economist who's famous for foreseeing the 2008 financial crisis, is back in the headlines again, and this time it's because he's dissing digital money in front of the U.S. Senate.
"When we look at limousines and stretch limos, we see a really Frankenstein system of cars that potentially are cut up and put back together with parts and pieces that were not original to them," says Deborah Hersman, president and CEO of the nonprofit National Safety Council and former chair of the NTSB.
In an age where information is tightly controlled by image-makers, spin doctors and gatekeepers, real scandal can often only be revealed with the help of whistleblowers.
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) claimed its Model 3 electric car has the lowest risk of occupant injury of any vehicle in U.S. government tests, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday said the claim goes beyond the scope of its analysis.
HSBC Holdings Plc will pay $765 million to settle allegations that it sold defective residential mortgage-backed securities, resolving one of the last remaining U.S. investigations stemming from the mortgage meltdown a decade ago.
Tesla has published its first voluntary "Vehicle Safety Report," and the numbers seem to clearly back CEO Elon Musk's assertion that drivers who use Tesla's sort of self-driving Autopilot feature are involved in fewer crashes than those who turn it off, and far fewer crashes than the general driving population.
This charade continued for about a decade until major allegations were made against the company and the board for conducting fraudulent and incorrect testing.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Virginia real estate developer with skimming investor funds that were intended for use in purchasing an office building near the site of a planned commuter rail station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Silver Line.
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, overseeing the landmark Volkswagen Dieselgate lawsuits, issued an order allowing the RICO and state law claims of consumers who sold their affected vehicles prior to the disclosure of the fraud to continue, according to Hagens Berman.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 microcap companies.
Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation are facing a class-action lawsuit over allegations that it facilitated scalping of live event tickets.
Four whistleblowers including Michael Mullen, a former chief operating officer at AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, will share $99 million from the payout, lawyers for Mullen said.
Volkswagen has terminated the contract of Rupert Stadler, the suspended chief executive of its premium brand Audi, amid an ongoing emissions probe.
Critics are questioning the motives behind a banking giant's socially responsible investment strategy.
First there was Dieselgate, then there was Partneo, and now there is the suspicion of OEMs forming cartels to lower down their ambitions for green technology.
