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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.WMT -0.43%’s foreign-bribery scandal remains a concern for Glass Lewis & Co., which is telling investors to vote against three board members over the issue at the annual meeting next week. (Bloomberg)
Cypriot authorities are trying to recover bribery pay-offs. (Cyprus Mail)
The FCPAProfessor and Mike Volkov both analyze the BHP case. Tom Fox starts aseries on handling an economic downturn. The FCPA Blog continues a series on freedom from corruption.
Cybercrime:
An Australian man linked to Silk Road was sentenced to time served. Prosecutors areseeking more than 20 years in prison for the mastermind of Silk Road; he asked formercy. (Reuters, AAP, Bloomberg, Ars Technica)
Money Laundering:
Pakistani investigators arrested the chief executive of Axact, a software company accused of running a global diploma mill, after discovering a storage room filled with blank fake degrees. Expanded charges against him included money laundering. He has denied wrongdoing. (NY Times, NY Times)
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