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Midweek Roundup: FinCEN Asks Banks To Flag Delays in Filings Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Pandemic-related Frauds on the Rise, and More

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network told financial institutions to notify the bureau if they expect delays in reporting suspicious activity amid the mounting outbreak of the new coronavirus disease. More Fraudsters are exploiting the COVID-19 epidemic to trick people into donating funds to fake charitable organizations and recruiting money mules among the growing number of employees working from home, Krebs on Security reported. More U.S. prosecutors are probing alleged compliance lapses at Credit Suisse that allegedly enabled a $2 billion corruption scheme involving loans the Swiss lender made to government officials from Mozambique, Reuters reported. More The...

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