Read more about GitHub to offer its services in Iran after sanction exemption from US on Business Standard. Open Source repository GitHub has secured a license from the US government to offer its services to developers in Iran.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
In recent years, the federal government’s financial fraud enforcement priorities have been largely consistent and robust. But in 2020, the pandemic appeared to cause government authorities to focus more resources to combat financial fraud as it related to COVID-19. In 2021, we may see an uptick in enforcement actions because of new priorities set by a Biden administration and because of fraudulent activities associated with the pandemic. As discussed below, there are multiple areas of financial fraud enforcement to watch.
Insider Trading
Over the last decade, insider trading has been a key enforcement priority for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will likely continue to be one for quite some time. While the DOJ and SEC have been leading the charge in this enforcement area, with the advent of authorities granted under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010,
US blocked USD 63 million in funds of designated terror groups in 2019
International
Published: Friday, January 1, 2021, 11:02 [IST]
Washington, Jan 01: The US blocked USD 63 million in funds of designated terrorist groups, including Pakistan-based outfits, in 2019 as part of its crackdown on foreign terrorist organisations, according to an annual report by the treasury department.
The report released by the US Department of Treasury on Thursday states the US blocked USD 342,000 in funds of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), USD 1,725 of the Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) and USD 45,798 of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen-al-Islami.
All the three groups are Pakistan-based terror outfits. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen-al-Islami is a Islamic jihad group operating primarily in Kashmir.