Corporate Crime Reporter

Earlier this year, ahead of Super Bowl LVII, Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-New York) introduced the Betting on our Future Act, new legislation that bans all online and electronic advertising of sports gambling.  “This Sunday, millions of families across the U.S. will tune in to watch the […]

The Justice Department must decide by July 7 whether to reinstate the criminal charges against Boeing for the deaths of 346 in two 737 MAX plane crashes more than five years ago. The Department will be meeting with the victims’ families in Washington, D.C. on April 24. Naoise Connolly Ryan, […]

Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice will launch a whistleblower awards program. Monaco said that other U.S. whistleblower award programs, such as those at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading […]

The families of the 346 people who died in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes five years ago are racing to unearth incriminating documents in an effort to persuade the Justice Department to reopen the criminal case against the company. Looming over the families are two deadlines — July 7, 2024 by […]

Toby Heaps is the founder and CEO of Corporate Knights, a leading sustainable-economy media and research organization based in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Heaps says that Corporate Knights is committed to advancing an economic system in which both people and the planet can thrive.   The […]

Austin Frerick grew up in the state with arguably the most fertile soil in America – Iowa. That soil is now being used to grow corn and soybeans to feed animals that have been taken off the land and put into giant sheds – confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The corn is also […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week sued to block the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history – Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies – alleging that the deal is anticompetitive. The FTC action was cheered by public interest […]

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles. In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that […]

Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought an enforcement action against JP Morgan Securities (JP Morgan) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law violations to the SEC. JP Morgan will pay $18 million to settle […]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal enforcement actions were down last year, with the Department of Justice resolving fewer matters in 2023 compared to 2022. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slightly increased its enforcement actions. Out of the fifteen actions that the […]