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Commentary by Kevin Harnisch

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.

Senator Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) and Representative French Hill (R-AR) urged the DOJ to evaluate the extent to which Binance and Tether are supporting terrorism through violations of federal law on material support to entities engaged in terrorism, applicable sanctions laws, and the Bank Secrecy Act.

The CFTC and French financial regulators have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information related to supervising covered institutions that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and France.