Bitcoin surged past $17,000 Thursday as the frenzy surrounding the virtual currency escalated just days before it starts trading on major U.S. exchanges. Bitcoin has gained more than $5,000 in just the past two days.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has awarded its latest whistleblower more than $4.1m for information relating to a securities law violation.
The whistleblower is the third awarded by the SEC in the past week. The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $4.1 million to a former company insider who alerted the agency to a widespread, multi-year securities law violation and continued to provide important information and assistance throughout the SEC's investigation.
Ford is aware of three accidents, one with injuries, associated with the issue, which consists of unique mud accumulation in the rear frame pocket where the rear suspension toe link attaches to the frame.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won an emergency asset freeze to stop an initial coin offering that the agency said has defrauded investors by promising a 13-fold profit in less than a month.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two individuals with defrauding elderly investors in a penny stock scheme involving Florida entertainment companies and their "Spongebuddy" product.
Volkswagen and the authorities - they've not had the best relationship of late. Sadly, it looks as if that unfortunate streak is continuing after the German company was slapped with a hefty fine by Dutch authorities.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $8 million each to two whistleblowers whose critical information and continuing assistance helped the agency bring the successful underlying enforcement action.
BMW has told its dealers to hold all sales of its 2018 i3 electric car due to a compliance issue detected by the NHTSA. The German automaker will also recall about 30,000 examples of the BMW i3.
A former employee of a U.S. government contractor in Afghanistan who pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks from a subcontractor in exchange for assistance in obtaining government contracts, was sentenced to 21 months in prison Tuesday.
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether corporate whistle-blowers are protected from being fired if they disclose wrongdoing to company officials rather than to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Uber concealed a massive breach of the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers in October 2016, failing to notify the individuals and regulators, the company acknowledged on Tuesday.
Saying Bitcoin is un-hackable is of small comfort to those who've lost money through cracks in its ecosystem of exchanges, intermediaries and money-raising schemes. The latest theft in cryptoland is a reminder that the promise of security and liquidity is only that -- a promise.
A consumer advocacy group is asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall 150,000 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivans due to owner complaints about stalling.
Fifa's World Cup debacle isn't just about money - there's horror and death too - Are you feeling it yet? The Fifa corruption fatigue? It has, after all, been seven years in the making, from the oddly homespun excesses of the whistleblower Chuck Blazer, football's own mobility scooter Liberace; to the cold, gangsterish disdain of the Grondona-Teixeira-Leoz axis, the kind of Fifa men who would carve out your liver with an ivory-inlaid oyster knife if it meant getting a step closer to a secret six-figure TV rights access sweetener.
Wal-Mart's new FCPA payout might not be huge, but the massive retailer has still racked up plenty of expenses around fixing its foreign whistleblower bribery problems.
Around 415,000 Volkswagen Vehicles Probed For Air Bag Problems In US - The investigation covers eight models from the 2010-2014 time-frames, including the Jetta, Tiguan, Golf and Passat.
The most common healthcare provider fraud activities drain public payer finances and promote unsafe care conditions for beneficiaries.
Volkswagen AG confirmed Tuesday it has agreed to pay $69 million to settle New Jersey state diesel emissions claims, one of the last major outstanding diesel legal issues the German automaker faces in the United States.
Honda Motor Co. plans to inspect and replace or properly install replacement airbag inflators that have been improperly installed under an earlier recall.
