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Midweek Roundup: UK Bitcoin Launderer Convicted, New York AML Regulator Plans AI Controls, and More

A jury in London convicted a Chinese expatriate of laundering £2 million worth of bitcoins for a "supervillain" fraudster as part of a case that led to U.K. law enforcement's largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More and More New York's Department of Financial Services may soon require banks that use artificial intelligence to screen transactions for signs of illicit finance to take steps to prevent the technology from yielding discriminatory results, moneylaundering.com reported. More British Iranian businessman Javid Marandi, a millionaire donor to the U.K. Conservative party, was named in court records as one of the sources of...

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