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Midweek Roundup: Alleged Russian Spy Emptied US Bank Account Before Arrest, German FIU Understaffed, and More

U.S. prosecutors allege that Maria Butina, a Russian woman detained and accused of spying on behalf of Moscow, sent a suspicious wire transfer totaling $3,500 to a bank account in Russia days before she was to flee the United States, the Guardian reported. More Germany’s new financial intelligence unit is severely understaffed and sometimes takes month to give investigators vital leads gleaned from suspicious transaction reports filed by financial institutions, sources told Handelsblatt. More  The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Inspector General concluded that access to three reports of suspicious transactions involving Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal...

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