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Weekly Roundup: Russia Holds Sway in FATF, Wirecard Fugitive Tied to Espionage, and More

Russia still exercises some degree of power in the Financial Action Task Force despite the country's suspension from the intergovernmental group in February 2023, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Details from a warrant for the arrest of a former Austrian intelligence official suggest that Jan Marsalek, a now-fugitive former chief operating officer wanted for his role in the massive accounting scandal at German payment platform Wirecard, spied on EU citizens and officials while covertly working for Russian intelligence services, the Financial Times reported. More State prosecutors in Brooklyn announced that they had seized more than 20 web domains associated with cryptocurrency...

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