Frauds & Scandals

JPMorgan Says Data Breach Affected 76 Million Households

Oct 2, 2014/Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the biggest U.S. bank, said a previously disclosed data breach of its systems affected 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. Customer names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses were taken, the New York-based bank said today in a regulatory filing. […]

RPT-Large part of Eni’s Nigerian oil deal cash went on bribes -Italian prosecutors

Thu Oct 2, 2014/Reuters (Repeats story published on Wednesday, with no changes) * Half of $1.1 bln paid for oil field went on bribes-prosecutors * Case relates to Eni’s 2011 purchase of OPL 245 offshore field * Eni’s former and current CEO under investigation in the case * Eni executives […]

IOSCO Advocates Enhanced MMoU in Combating Cross-Border Fraud/Misconduct

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- The board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Wednesday said it has agreed to continue to work on a new enhanced Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) to help combat cross-border fraud and misconduct. Greg Medcraft, board chairman of IOSCO said this […]