Frauds & Scandals

Minister Orders Termination of All Contracts with US Based Oil Service Company Subsea 7 for Refusal to Comply with Local Content Laws and Regulations

November 22, 2018/Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Equatorial Guinea At the South Sudan Oil and Power Conference in Juba, the Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons announced the decision to mandate all petroleum operators including but not limited to Noble Energy, Exxon Mobil, Kosmos Energy, Trident, Marathon Oil Corporation and other […]

Nigerian Breweries Emphasizes Respect for Law to Lottery Commission

November 21, 2018/NB Plc The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (“the Commission”) last week temporarily shut down our operations in Abuja and our Corporate Head office in Iganmu, Lagos from the demand for payment of certain disputed fees which the Commission is claiming from our company for our various consumer sales […]

Defendant in SEC Enforcement Action Pleads Guilty to Criminal Fraud Charges

November 20, 2018/US SEC On November 19, 2018, Kimberly Kitts, a Cape Cod-area investment adviser, pleaded guilty to criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Kitts admitted to investment adviser fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with stealing over $3 million from […]