by Janet.Labuda@FormerFedsGroup.Com Over the last few weeks, I have written a series of short articles discussing the need for developing a compliance-based approach to transacting international trade. This will help to prepare your organization to effectively deal with the risks inherent in importing. What are these risks
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by Janet.Labuda@FormerFedsGroup.Com Whether you are a small to medium sized enterprise, or a large multinational corporation, creating a culture of compliance starts at the top. This compliance culture should permeate your entire organization starting with the Chief Executive, the Chief Financial Officer, and the corporate counsel.
Read more →by Janet Labuda Janet.Labuda@FormerFedsGroup.Com I worked in Customs for over thirty years and met regularly with importers to discuss trade risk, compliance, and enforcement. Often, companies would express their concerns about the cost of compliance–the proverbial cost benefit analysis. If money is spent to create a compliance
Read more →Bradford L. Geyer is reading enforcement agency tea leaves and he is seeing early signs of enhanced enforcement involving grant fraud and procurement fraud at grantfraud.com. His latest note regarding an extensive credit card fraud scheme can be found here. FormerFedsGroup, comprised primarily of former federal investigative agents, can
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By Bradford L. Geyer [1] When I concluded by summer of 2015 that our next President would be Donald Trump, my closest friends and associates were skeptical. Having grown up in the New York media market and reading the “Art of the Deal” after college, I studied
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has reinstated its program of financing Argentina’s public and private business sectors following a 15 year suspension. The EXIM Bank post: Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- In efforts to increase transparency and reduce evidence mistreatment, the Department of Justice has announced its plans to ensure the furthering of “professional responsibility” among its forensic practitioners. The DOJ announcement: Justice Department Announces New Steps to Advance and Strengthen Forensic Science Changes Include New Code
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Two medical equipment companies and their brother-CEOs will forfeit a grand total of $12 million to settle False Claims allegations. Both companies, U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC and Oxford Diabetic Supply Inc., made unrequested phone calls to Medicare beneficiaries , seeking to sell them unnecessary medical
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