The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that software manufacturer SAP SE has agreed to give up $3.7 million in sales profits to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when procuring business in Panama. An SEC investigation found that SAPs deficient internal controls allowed a former SAP executive to pay […]
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Hedge Fund Manager Settles Charges with SEC for Overcharging on Fees and Overvaluing Assets
A Denver-based alternative fund manager was recently charged by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) with engaging in fraudulent behavior regarding the handling of its futures fund, The Frontier Fund (TFF). The alternative fund manager, Equinox Fund Management LLC (Equinox), allegedly overcharged management fees to its investors and overvalued certain assets. Equinox is registered as an […]
Federal Conspiracy Against Rights Charges
US Federal law makes it a serious crime for a person to conspire with another to take certain actions against another persons civil rights, as set forth in 18 U.S.C. 241: If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the […]
Worsened Discharge of a Firearm Charges in Illinois
(b) An infraction of subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) of this Section is a Class 1 felony. An offense of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section devoted in an institution, on the genuine building consisting of a college, within 1,000 feet of the genuine home consisting of a college, at a college associated task […]
Loan Laundering Charges in Iowa
The criminal offense of loan laundering in Iowa is specified by Iowa Code Section 706. Loan laundering in Iowa is a major criminal offense that could result in a prolonged jail sentence. Those founded guilty of the Class C felony variation of loan laundering in Iowa encounter a 10 year jail sentence, while the Class […]
Eluding as well as running away as well as Aggravated Fleeing as well as Eluding Charges in Illinois
(a) Any chauffeur or driver of an electric motor car that, having actually been provided a distinct or aesthetic signal by a tranquility police officer routing such motorist or driver to bring his automobile to a quit, wilfully declines or falls short to follow such instructions, raises his rate, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise takes […]
Federal Felon in Possession of a Firearm Charges
Federal regulation restricts those founded guilty of felonies and also particular various other offenses from having a gun or body shield. An associated government legislation, 18 U.S.C. 922g), supplies for up to a 10 year jail sentence for an individual founded guilty of having a weapon that is an illegal customer of or addicted to […]
Conspiracy theory Charges in Iowa
Conspiracy theory costs are frequently submitted in Iowa along with medication costs, where the prosecution affirms that an individual teamed up with one more individual to involve in medicine circulation. In burglary, theft, or burglary situations where there are numerous supposed partners, a conspiracy theory fee is likewise common.An individual could be billed with conspiracy […]