6/25/18: In the first coordinated resolution of an anti-corruption case with French authorities, Societe Generale entered into an agreement with the US DOJ and the Parquet national Financier to settle criminal charges into the company’s role in paying bribes to Libyan officials and manipulating London InterBank Offered Rates (LIBOR). The case, which also involves Legg Mason, has a number of interesting features that deserve attention from compliance pros. Those features are explained by Michael Volkov in a three-part series on Corruption, Crime & Compliance.
