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Weekly Roundup: Steve Bannon Charged with Money Laundering, Regulators Issue PEP Guidance, and More

U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Steve Bannon and three others face money laundering and fraud charges after allegedly embezzling donations they solicited to finance a reinforced barrier between the U.S. and Mexico, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and federal banking agencies clarified in guidance that politically exposed persons do not automatically trigger enhanced due-diligence requirements. More German financial institutions over the past 18 months filed 36 suspicious transaction reports on managers and supervisory board members of Wirecard, the payment processor at the center of a $2 billion accounting fraud, Handelsblatt reported....

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