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TEKAPULT

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Corporate Civil and Criminal
Liability Bastion System TM 

ALERT FOR PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVES

  • U.S. primary and secondary sanctions are applied to Executives and their companies for transactions with entities blocked or non-blocked companies owned, directly or indirectly by sanctioned entities

  • Principal Executives are responsible for rejecting all transactions within or transiting the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons

PROBLEM

Principal Executives are Imputed with Knowledge of:

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  • Federal statutes across 53 titles of Code of Federal Regulations 

  • Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, federal and state courts 

  • Rules, regulations and directives issued by federal agencies  

  • Executive Orders issued by the President 

  • State and municipal laws and ordinances 

Critical Questions for Every Executive 

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  • Who wants to be sued? 

  • Who wants to be sued by U.S. government agencies? 

  • For violations you had no knowledge about? 

  • How can you prevent such legal calamities? 

Federal Law Violations May Result in Severe Consequences   

   Executives’ Exposure

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  • Criminal charges, prison terms, and agency-imposed fines 

  • Bank accounts’ freezes by federal agencies 

  • Civil lawsuits from investors, consumers, and shareholders 

  • Personal reputation damage to executives and board members 

   Corporate Fallout  

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  • Significant litigation and defense costs 

  • Stock value collapse; forced divestiture or dissolution 

  • Loss of key employees’ time to     litigation 

  • Brand destruction and long-term market distrust 

Global Enforcement: No Company Is Too Big 

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U.S. agencies have pursued transnational giants, ranging from Apple, VW, WorldCom, Takata, to UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank AG, McKinsey & Co., IBM, Intel… 

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OFAC and DOJ enforcement actions against corporations for sanctions-related violations have included major penalties against companies such as Microsoft Corporation (penalty: approximately $2.98 million), Amazon.com (multiple OFAC settlements), Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings (penalty: approximately $232.7 million), ZTE Corporation (combined penalties exceeding $1 billion), BNP Paribas (penalty: approximately $8.9 billion), Huawei Technologies (criminal charges and export-control/sanctions-related allegations), Société Générale (combined penalties: approximately $1.34 billion), and Standard Chartered (combined sanctions-related settlements exceeding $1 billion).

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If the most sophisticated companies in the world can be blindsided, so can any company. 

SOLUTION

  Tekapult    Legal Risk Mitigation System  

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  • Risk Silos bundles of tPrimers for predict-prevent policy architecture 

  • Conversion of U.S. government regulations into operational protection 

  • Independent In-House Legal Council issuing authoritative opinions 

  • Core and Business-specific tPrimers on federal laws and regulations

Regulatory Enforcement Before It Reaches Company Boardroom

Legal Notice and Disclaimer 

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