Chao Under Investigation

Sept. 16, 2019 – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is under investigation by the House Oversight and Reform Committee for improperly using her office to benefit herself and a shipping company owned by her family. Chao is also under investigation for her failure to divest from Vulcan Materials Co., where she had served on the board of directors before her appointment to…

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Lafarge SA Under Investigation

July 8, 2018 – This case is getting ugly. LafargeHolcim’s subsidiary Lafarge SA has been placed under formal investigation in France over allegations it financed terrorist groups, and aided and abetted crimes against humanity in a bid to continue operating in Syria, according to news reports. A panel of examining magistrates presiding over the case relating to the operation of the…

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