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Weekly Roundup: Binance Triggers Record AML Fine, ChatGPT Enters Rulemaking Forum, and More

U.S. authorities assessed a record $4.3 billion of fines, forfeitures and disgorgements against Binance Holdings Ltd. and imposed a five-year monitorship on the cryptocurrency exchange for evading U.S. sanctions and violating anti-money laundering rules, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More and More Opponents of the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's proposal to designate any and all acts of cryptocurrency "mixing" as a "primary money laundering concern" under the Patriot Act are flooding the bureau with comment letters generated by ChatGPT, a free, online artificial-intelligence service, moneylaundering.com reported. More FinCEN warned banks and other financial institutions to be on the lookout for potentially...

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