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Midweek Roundup: FinCEN Lays Out COVID-19 Red Flags, OCC Chief to Resign, and More

Officials from the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shared more than 20 indicia of coronavirus-related fraud and cybercrime in an advisory and a speech, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting is expected to step down this week, sources told The Wall Street Journal. More First Data Merchant Services agreed to pay $40 million to settle a U.S. civil complaint that the payment processor's senior managers enabled a former executive, who was separately fined $300,000, to open accounts for shell companies controlled by known fraudsters, Reuters reported. More Federal prosecutors accused two Iranian citizens of...

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