Financial Institution Fraud
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February 7, 2018
Rabobank National Association, the California subsidiary of Netherlands-based Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., pleaded guilty to concealing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program and for obstructing the OCC’s examination of Rabobank. Rabobank will forfeit roughly $369 million as a result of allowing illicit funds to be processed through the bank without adequate Bank Secrecy Act or AML review. DOJApril 20, 2018
The CFPB assessed a $1 billion penalty against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for violating the CFPA in how it administered a mandatory insurance program related to its auto loans and how it charged certain borrowers for mortgage interest rate-lock extensions. CFPBConstantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman Discusses UK Enforcement Action Against Barclays CEO Jes Staley
Posted 04/20/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Two UK regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority, have concluded their investigation into Barclays CEO Jes Staley's actions and have told him to pay a "financial penalty" as punishment. Staley reportedly tried to hunt down an internal whistleblower that raised concerns about the recruitment of Tim Main as head of the bank’s...
Barclays Agrees to Pay $2 Billion in Civil Penalties
Posted 03/30/18
By <the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Barclays will pay the United States two billion dollars to settle a civil action filed in December 2016 in which the United States sought civil penalties for alleged conduct related to Barclays’ underwriting and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2007. Agreement has also been reached with two former Barclays executives who were named as...
The Former Khmer Rouge Slave Who Became a Whistleblower Against Wells Fargo
Posted 03/26/18
The New York Times reports on former Wells Fargo employee Duke Tran who blew the whistle on the company for allegedly being ordered to lie to customers who were facing foreclosure in 2014. Mr. Tran was fired from his job at Wells Fargo and since then has been locked in a four-year legal battle with the company alleging he was fired as retaliation for blowing the whistle on the bank’s alleged deceptive practices. Mr....
January 18, 2018
UK-based financial services company HSBC Holdings plc agreed to pay a $63.1 million criminal penalty and $38.4 million in disgorgement and restitution, for a total payout of roughly $100 million, to resolve charges that it engaged in a scheme to defraud two bank clients through a multi-million dollar scheme commonly referred to as “front-running.” DOJHSBC Holdings Agrees to Pay More Than $100 Million to Resolve Fraud Charges
Posted 01/19/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team/em
United Kingdom-based global financial services company HSBC Holdings plc entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $63.1 million criminal penalty and $38.4 million in disgorgement and restitution to resolve charges that it engaged in a scheme to defraud two bank clients through a multi-million dollar scheme commonly referred to as “front-running.”...
Judge Determines that PricewaterhouseCoopers was Negligent in Colonial Bank Auditing Case
Posted 01/3/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Late last week, a federal judge determined that accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was negligent in its auditing of Colonial Bank, the Alabama institution that failed in 2009 in the midst of the financial crisis. Colonial failed as a result of a $2 billion fraud orchestrated by Florida-based mortgage lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker, a major Colonial customer, which was...