RESULTS FOR: Compliance
April 16, 2020 | Compliance Financial Crime Consulting
April 7, 2020 | Compliance Financial Crime Consulting
Although perhaps not as brazen as the recent theft of a Van Gogh from a museum in the Netherlands, fine art can be an attractive target for accused money launderers like Nazem Said Ahmad. Mr. Ahmad was recently named a “designated person” by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). OFAC pointed to the use of a Beirut art gallery by Ahmad to launder money in support of Hizballah (a/k/a Hezbollah) just as it issued … Read More
March 5, 2020 | Compliance Federal Procurement
Anyone who has been involved in U.S. government contracting knows that applicable rules and regulations have increased consistently over the years. Congress has used federal contracts to implement a wide range of policies, regulations, and laws, from labor laws to environmental concerns to subcontracting requirements to cybersecurity matters. This accumulation of federal regulations, along with state and local laws and regulations, creates a nest of complicated and often interdependent compliance-related obligations that the federal contractor must perform in connection with … Read More
February 27, 2020 | Compliance
February 10, 2020 | Compliance Monitoring
The Department of Justice has come knocking and is investigating your company for let’s say –serious money laundering or sanction violations or for manufacturing a defective product that has caused injuries or deaths.
The press is bad, raising grave questions about the company’s culture. Emails released to the public show that employees are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation, or worse, employees are hiding misconduct from the regulators.
It’s just a matter of time before your company settles … Read More
November 14, 2019 | Compliance
“The extension and expansion of New York’s nation-leading MWBE program will help ensure our economy is reflective of our values and of our diverse talent pool… and by signing this measure into law we will empower more women and people of color to participate in State contracts and continue our aggressive program to make contracting even more inclusive.”
So said New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo this past summer when he signed into law legislation renewing for five more years, … Read More
October 31, 2019 | Compliance
As the state-legal cannabis industry continues to march forward at a nearly unprecedented pace, it has remained hobbled by federal legal constraints. The fact that cannabis is illegal at the federal level throws myriad wrenches into the works. Banking is the most notable sticking point.
To run a legitimate business, one needs access to a legitimate bank, but the federal government’s stance on cannabis makes banks hesitant to take on cannabis businesses as clients. In a response that many consider … Read More
October 28, 2019 | Compliance
October 21, 2019 | Compliance Financial Crime Consulting
Recent headlines highlight the arrests of officials from labor organizations or fringe benefit funds for spending union or health and welfare fund monies on vacations, luxury items, parties and pricey restaurants or for entering into collusive agreements with employers, extorting money, or criminally coercing concessions from vendors and suppliers. These actions violate the Hobbs Act. The consequences of such misconduct can be detrimental to say the least.
The cost of remedial litigation alone can be overwhelming, while the reputational … Read More
October 14, 2019 | Compliance
Whistleblowing is in the news. Current events are a timely reminder of the importance of having in place sound and up-to-date policies, procedures and programs for whistleblowing. A number of prudential regulators, such as federal and state bank regulators, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, all include review of a company’s whistleblowing program as standard in periodic examinations or inspections.
A robust whistleblowing program is an essential component of a comprehensive compliance program for financial institutions and other large corporations. … Read More