The National Security Division and the Department of Justice requested comment on potential rulemakings related to the implementation of U.S. President Joseph R. Biden's Executive Order authorizing the Attorney General to take actions to prevent the transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern.
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An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.
The CFTC solicited public comments on a proposed comparability determination and related Order for certain CFTC-registered swap dealers domiciled in the United Kingdom and subject to prudential supervision by the UK Prudential Regulation Authority.
A Connecticut-based commodities firm settled CFTC charges for trading on misappropriated material non-public information.
The DOJ, OFAC, FinCEN and the CFTC settled enforcement actions against Binance, its CEO and former CCO. The coordinated settlements addressed charges against the digital asset exchange for CFTC registration failures and for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act sanctions programs.