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Jack Queen, 11 January 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday demanded tech giants including Google, Amazon and Apple hand over details about their content moderation policies after conservative social media site Parler was effectively booted from the web following last week’s deadly Capitol riot.

Paxton, a Republican who is leading a separate antitrust blitz against tech titans, also demanded information from Facebook and Twitter, saying the “seemingly coordinated deplatforming” of President Donald Trump and others raises First Amendment and competition concerns. Continue reading “Article: Texas AG Probing Tech Giants Over Parler Ban”

01/11/202104/17/2021

Article: Google Hit With $2B Antitrust Suit Over ‘Rigging’ Its Algorithm

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Google Hit With $2B Antitrust Suit Over ‘Rigging’ Its Algorithm

Melissa Angell, 11 January 2021

Video-sharing site Rumble, which reportedly has a large base of politically conservative users, hit Google with a $2 billion antitrust suit Monday in California federal court, accusing the tech giant of unlawfully “rigging” its search algorithm to elevate Google’s own YouTube platform over competitors.

Toronto-based Rumble alleges that the tech behemoth diverted massive web traffic by manipulating its search algorithm to preferentially display YouTube links in the search results over those of Rumble and other video rivals. Continue reading “Article: Google Hit With $2B Antitrust Suit Over ‘Rigging’ Its Algorithm”

01/08/202103/17/2021

Article: Deutsche Bank Reaches $100 Million Deferred-Prosecution Deal

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Deutsche Bank Reaches $100 Million Deferred-Prosecution Deal

Bloomberg, 08 January 2021

Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it bribed foreign officials and manipulated the market for precious-metals futures through a trading tactic known as spoofing. The Frankfurt-based bank agreed to a deal in which it won’t be prosecuted as long as it doesn’t engage in the practices again for more than three years, and wasn’t required to spoofing. Big banks have been rushing to conclude legal deals before the change of U.S. administrations, partly out of concern that there may be stiffer fines under a Democratic president. Three top U.S.-based banks agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlements announced just before the November election, on issues ranging from bribery to market manipulation. Continue reading “Article: Deutsche Bank Reaches $100 Million Deferred-Prosecution Deal”

01/08/202104/17/2021

Article: Deutsche Bank To Pay Over $130M For FCPA, Fraud Violations

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Deutsche Bank To Pay Over $130M For FCPA, Fraud Violations

Jack Queen, 08 January 2021

Deutsche Bank AG agreed Friday to fork over more than $130 million to resolve separate yearslong bribery and commodities fraud schemes in a pair of agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ, the German bank will pay criminal penalties of $79.5 million for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations involving bribes to consultants in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Italy in an effort to secure business there. Continue reading “Article: Deutsche Bank To Pay Over $130M For FCPA, Fraud Violations”

01/08/202104/03/2021

Article: Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $125 million to resolve U.S. bribery, metals charges

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Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $125 million to resolve U.S. bribery, metals charges

Jonathan Stempel, Noor Zainab Hussain, 08 January 2021

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG will pay nearly $125 million to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges it engaged in foreign bribery schemes and manipulated precious metals markets, the latest blow for the bank as it tries to rebound from a series of scandals.

Germany’s largest lender agreed to the payout as it entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, and a related civil settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Almost all of the payout relates to charges Deutsche Bank violated the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) over its dealings in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, China and Italy, court papers show. Nearly two-thirds of the payout is a criminal fine. Continue reading “Article: Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $125 million to resolve U.S. bribery, metals charges”

01/08/202103/15/2021

Article: Market Manipulation and Trading Violations

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Market Manipulation and Trading Violations

MCONSTANTINE CANNON, 08 January 2021

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay over $130 million to resolve charges that the financial services company violated the FCPA and engaged in a commodities fraud scheme. The SEC charged that Deutsche Bank made payments to individuals including foreign officials, their relatives, and their associates as third-party intermediaries and consultants to obtain and retain global business, and lacked sufficient internal accounting controls related to the use and payment of such intermediaries, resulting in millions in bribe payments or payments for unknown, undocumented, or unauthorized services that were inaccurately recorded as legitimate business expenses with documentation falsified by Deutsche Bank employees. The agreed payment represents a $79.6 million criminal penalty and $43.3 million in disgorgement in prejudgment interest to the SEC. Separately, in connection with a spoofing scheme undertaken by Deutsche precious metals traders in New York, Singapore, and London the bank agreed to a total of $7.5 million in criminal penalties, disgorgement, and restitution, the penalty amount of which will be credited against a 2018 $30 million CFTC civil penalty for substantially the same conduct.

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01/08/202103/23/2021

Article: Russian cybercriminal sentenced to 12 years for ‘massive hacking campaign’ impacting 100 million US citizens

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Russian cybercriminal sentenced to 12 years for ‘massive hacking campaign’ impacting 100 million US citizens

Jessica Haworth, 08 January 2021

A Russian citizen has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in a “massive” computer hacking campaign that saw the theft of 100 million individuals’ data.

Andrei Tyurin, 37, of Moscow, was handed a 144-month detention order by a New York court yesterday for his part in the cybercrime operation against US financial institutions, brokerage firms, news publishers, and other targets. Continue reading “Article: Russian cybercriminal sentenced to 12 years for ‘massive hacking campaign’ impacting 100 million US citizens”

01/08/202103/10/2021

Article: Russian Hacker Jailed in U.S. for $19M Fraud

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Russian Hacker Jailed in U.S. for $19M Fraud

The Moscow Times, 08 January 2021

A Russian hacker was sentenced to 12 years in a U.S. prison Thursday for consumer data theft worth $19 million from 100 million customers of over a dozen financial service companies, the Justice Department said.

Andrei Tyurin, 37, pleaded guilty in 2019 after his extradition from the country of Georgia the previous year, admitting to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud and illegal online gambling offenses. The U.S. accused him of making criminal profits from financial sector hacks between 2007 and mid-2015. Continue reading “Article: Russian Hacker Jailed in U.S. for $19M Fraud”

01/08/202103/15/2021

Article: BRIEF-U.S. accuses Deutsche Bank of concealing bribes, manipulating precious metals futures

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BRIEF-U.S. accuses Deutsche Bank of concealing bribes, manipulating precious metals futures

Reuters Staff, 08 January 2021

Deutsche bank, which entered a deferred prosecution agreement with u.s. Prosecutors, agrees to pay $43.3 million in disgorgement, interest in parallel civil settlement with securities and exchange commission — court filing u.s. Prosecutors accused deutsche bank of falsely concealing bribes paid to a client’s ‘decisionmaker’ in saudi arabia to retain that client’s business — court filing u.s. Prosecutors accused deutsche bank of falsely concealing millions of dollars of payments made to an intermediary acting as a proxy for an official in abu dhabi u.s. Prosecutors accused deutsche bank of books and records violations arising from the saudi- and abu dhabi-related payments, and other matters, from 2009 to 2016 u.s. Prosecutors accused deutsche bank of having from 2008 to 2013 manipulated precious metals futures markets, the subject of a prior civil settlement with the u.s. Commodity futures trading commission

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01/07/202104/12/2021

Article: Boeing to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Criminal Charge Over MAX Jet

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Boeing to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Criminal Charge Over MAX Jet

Evie Liu, 07 January 2021

Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a criminal charge that it sought to deceive the Federal Aviation Administration as it sought initial certification for the troubled 737 MAX jet.

The Justice Department disclosed the agreement Thursday in a news release, titled in part, “Boeing Charged with 737 MAX Fraud Conspiracy.” The department said it and the company had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that will give Boeing amnesty if it meets certain criteria.

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01/07/202105/13/2021

Article: Form 424B5 Bionano Genomics, Inc

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Form 424B5 Bionano Genomics, Inc

EDGARFILINGS LTD, 07 January 2021

Common Stock We are offering shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $ per share pursuant to this prospectus supplement. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “BNGO.” On January 6, 2021, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $4.77 per share. We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced reporting requirements for this prospectus supplement and may elect to do so in future filings. Our business and an investment in our securities involve significant risks. These risks are described under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-5 of this prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.

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01/06/202104/10/2021

Article: Inventiva announces design of Phase III clinical trial with lanifibranor in NASH

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Inventiva announces design of Phase III clinical trial with lanifibranor in NASH

Yahoo Finance, 06 January 2021

Daix (France), January 5, 2021 – Inventiva (Euronext Paris and Nasdaq: IVA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral small molecule therapies for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and other diseases with significant unmet medical need, today announced the details of the Phase III clinical trial with its lead drug candidate lanifibranor in NASH following the end-of-phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the receipt of the Scientific Advice letter from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The Phase III trial design and clinical strategy have been discussed with both regulatory authorities and the following key points can be confirmed:

Seeking of U.S. accelerated approval and EU conditional approval for lanifibranor to be based on a 72-week histology analysis – Inventiva will seek to obtain accelerated approval in the U.S. and conditional approval in the EU for lanifibranor based on a pre-specified histology analysis in approximately 900 patients after 72 weeks establishing a positive benefit-risk ratio.

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01/06/202103/02/2021

Article: Joseph Hooley Net Worth

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Joseph Hooley Net Worth

Wallmine, 06 January 2021

The estimated Net Worth of Joseph L Hooley is at least $63.1 Million dollars as of 31 October 2019. Joseph Hooley owns over 25,000 units of Exxon Mobil stock worth over $40,764,066 and over the last 7 years he sold XOM stock worth over $22,314,161. In addition, he makes $0 as Director at Exxon Mobil. Continue reading “Article: Joseph Hooley Net Worth”

01/05/202103/08/2021

Article: PATRICK BYRNE GIVE REAL HOPE IN ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATION

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PATRICK BYRNE GIVE REAL HOPE IN ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATION

Cooter, 05 January 2021

We’ve learned some new and very important information thanks to former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne this week. They’ve now been able to confirm and corroborate the testimony and sworn affidavit of the USPS worker who said that he drove ballots from New York to Pennsylvania. Continue reading “Article: PATRICK BYRNE GIVE REAL HOPE IN ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATION”

01/05/202104/03/2021

Article: In GameStop saga, U.S. regulator examining all aspects and parties: sources

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In GameStop saga, U.S. regulator examining all aspects and parties: sources

Chris Prentice, Pete Schroeder, 05 January 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking at every aspect of and parties involved in the “Reddit rally” of GameStop Corp and other stocks, said two people familiar with the matter, suggesting a swath of industry participants may be swept up in the regulator’s review of the trading frenzy.

The people added that the furious surge in shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment Holdings and other stocks contained familiar patterns, in that it involves users of online platforms hyping up stocks – something seen in the past on bulletin boards and social media platforms.

However, manipulation cases can be complex and may rely on more than simply language posted on a message board, they said.

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