sarbanes-oxley act

OSHA says a manager's report of suspected fraudulent activity was at least partly responsible for his firing. Here, pedestrians pass in front of a Wells Fargo bank branch in New York earlier this year.

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Economy

Wells Fargo Will Fight OSHA Order To Pay Whistleblower $5.4 Million And Rehire Him

4:25pm April 04, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The bank says it will appeal OSHA's order that it should compensate a manager who reported suspicions of fraud at Wells Fargo.

U.S. Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, signs subpoenas for WorldCom executives in June 2002, ordering them to appear before the House Financial Services Committee. Oxley died Friday at the age of 71.

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Politics & Government

Former Rep. Mike Oxley, An Architect Of Post-Enron Bill, Dies At 71

7:48pm January 01, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Oxley, an Ohio Republican, led the House Financial Services Committee when fraud scandals sank Enron and other firms. The bill he wrote with Sen. Paul Sarbanes aimed to prevent more fraudulent acts.

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Supreme Court Sides With Fisherman In Case Of The Missing Fish

3:18pm February 25, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

At issue was whether discarding fish after a raid for undersized red grouper violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The justices said the law, passed in the wake of the Enron scandal, didn't apply to fish.