Technical StaffBank Julius Baer Agrees to Pay More than $79 Million for Laundering Money in FIFA ScandalBank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. (BJB or the Bank), a Swiss bank with international operations, has admitted today in federal court in Brooklyn that it conspired to launder over $36 million in bribes...
Technical StaffMay 24, 2021Because of the nature of fraud and corruption, tips account for more than half of all cases. Thanks to courageous whistleblowers, several large-scale fraud cases have been revealed. “A belatedly celebrated whistleblower who was ignored by everybody, Markopolos tried, umpteen times, to raise the alarm about Bernard...
March 30, 2021Mike J. MasoudLast April, there was an exceptional UK Court Judgment: “EY ordered to pay whistleblower $11m in Dubai gold audit case” 1. Yesterday, it is another exceptional day for justice when EY dropped its appeal to April 17, 2020, UK court judgment that awarded Amjad Rihan, the...
December 10, 2020The following is a conference paper entitled Gonflci Gold presented at the first virtual international conference of Lebanon Certified Anti-Corruption Managers (LCACM) (https://LCACM.org) celebrating the International Anti-Corruption Day; 9 December 2020. The paper is accompanied by 10 minutes video.Mike J. Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBAThe paper is prepared...
Technical StaffNovember 12, 2020Reuters reported an exclusive story about one of the dirtiest schemes of money laundering: Conflict Gold. Dubai is at the core of the letter that was issued by The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). Exclusive: Gold market authority threatens to blacklist UAE and other centresThe world’s most...
Technical StaffNovember 11, 2020Last month, the Economist, the British famous magazine; broadcasted on YouTube a documentary entitled “how to tackle corruption.” The documentary presented several corruption stories covering many countries. South Africa, Ukraine, and the UK were among what presented in the documentary.The estimated annual direct cost of corruption is,...
October 31, 2020Technical StaffAn ICIJ’s investigation has shown that major international banks facilitate money laundering for criminal organizations, politicians, and others. This investigation has generated reactions from many international actors as well as specific recommendations to increase the effectiveness of anti-money laundering. However, we want to clarify what we concluded...
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