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Weekly Roundup: FATF Sidelines Russia, Banks Anticipate New Federal Marijuana Policy, and More

The Financial Action Task Force barred Russia from participating in the group's "current and future projects" in response to the country's invasion and occupation of Ukraine, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Several U.S. financial institutions will probably rethink their current policy of withholding services from state-licensed marijuana-related businesses if the White House decides to recategorize the drug as less harmful following a review, sources told moneylaundering.com. More U.S. prosecutors sued Larry Harmon, founder of cryptocurrency mixer Helix, to recover the still-unpaid $60 million penalty that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network assessed against his company in 2020 for deliberately violating the Bank...

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