Frauds & Scandals

HP Partners with Officials in East Africa to Target Fraudulent Manufacturers

In collaboration with HP’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) experts, over 110,000 illicit items were seized across Uganda and Mozambique April 1, 2019/HP HP’s (http://www.HP.com) ACF team, alongside local African authorities, have conducted two highly successful operations to stop the trade of counterfeit cartridges for HP printers across Uganda and Mozambique. Firstly, […]

SEC Charges Medical Device Company With FCPA Violations

March 29, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA (FMC) has agreed to pay more than $231 million to resolve parallel SEC and U.S. Department of Justice investigations related to its violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) across […]

SEC Charges College Official for Fraudulently Concealing Financial Troubles From Municipal Bond Investors

March 29, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former controller of a New York-based not-for-profit college with defrauding municipal securities investors by fraudulently concealing the college’s deteriorating finances. According to the SEC’s complaint, in recent years, the College of New Rochelle came under considerable financial stress […]