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DOJ Recovers $500K in Healthcare Ransom Demanded by North Korean Hackers 
DOJ Recovers $500K in Healthcare Ransom Demanded by North Korean Hackers 
July 21, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Roughly a half-million dollars was seized on behalf of healthcare providers that reportedly paid ransom to North Korean hackers, the U.S Department of Justice said. ...

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DOJ Calls for International Cooperation to Fight Crypto Crime
DOJ Calls for International Cooperation to Fight Crypto Crime
June 08, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report Monday (June 6) that urged the U.S. to strengthen its coordination with other nations to investigate and...

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Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
June 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a big win for the crypto industry, a pair of senators proposed bipartisan legislation that would drastically reduce the authority of the Securities and...

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Light Sentence Puts Damper on U.S.’s Offshore AML Efforts
Light Sentence Puts Damper on U.S.’s Offshore AML Efforts
May 23, 2022  |  AML

U.S. prosecutors planned to send a message to the largely offshore crypto industry this week about the cost of ignoring the anti-money laundering (AML) laws...

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DOJ To Increase Antitrust Scrutiny Over Buyout Deals
DOJ To Increase Antitrust Scrutiny Over Buyout Deals
May 19, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Jonathan Kanter, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, has warned buyout firms that they may be subject to tougher regulatory review if...

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Texas Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for Role in PayPal Fraud Scheme
Texas Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for Role in PayPal Fraud Scheme
May 11, 2022  |  Legal

The Department of Justice has reported that 37-year-old Marcos Ponce of Austin, Texas, was sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme to buy...

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OCC’s Comptroller Orders Staff to Review Bank Merger Framework
OCC’s Comptroller Orders Staff to Review Bank Merger Framework
May 09, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

Speaking at an event Monday (May 9), Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu discussed the need to rethink bank merger assessment and directed his...

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Regulatory Risks to Play Larger Role in New M&A Calculus
Regulatory Risks to Play Larger Role in New M&A Calculus
April 22, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end...

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Regulators Worried Next ‘Big Tech’ Will Be Created on Their Watch
Regulators Worried Next ‘Big Tech’ Will Be Created on Their Watch
April 20, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions in the tech space have become a critical issue for regulators worldwide. Agencies probably feel that they have underenforced the law in...

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