Beneficial Ownership Challenge Faces
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Financial Crime Matters: Santander’s Fraud and Risk Management Chief Discusses Online Scams
By Kieran Beer
In this Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com and Chris Ainsley, chief of fraud risk management at Santander, discuss fighting push-payment fraud and other online scams.
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Digital Banks Shed Risk After Regulatory Crackdown, Warnings from Partners
By Chelsea Carrick
Fintechs whose business models rely on smaller, Main Street lenders in remote, even rural, locales are reassessing and even abandoning their high-risk relationships following a spate of enforcement actions against their banking partners.
September 16, 2024
Fraud Suspects Created Counterfeit Companies, Cashed Stolen Checks, Prosecutors Allege
By Fred Williams
An alleged fraud ring registered companies with the names of payees on stolen checks worth tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars in what analysts described to ACAMS moneylaundering.com as a sophisticated, though not entirely successful, strategy.
September 13, 2024
CTA challenge faces high bar in 11th Circuit, 8th Circuit overturns bank Ponzi-scheme verdict, and more, in the weekly roundup.
September 13, 2024
Beneficial Ownership Challenge Faces High Bar in 11th Circuit
By Fred Williams
A business group seeking to strike down the Corporate Transparency Act must meet a high legal threshold in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to succeed against the federal government's attempt to uphold the measure, analysts told ACAMS moneylaundering.com.
September 12, 2024
Enforcement Actions
The Federal Reserve Board and the Connecticut Department of Banking entered into a formal agreement with the Greenwich, CT-based bank holding company and its subsidiary bank that requires them to address certain regulatory deficiencies.
September 4, 2024
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit of Malta imposed a €8,110 fine on an unnamed corporate services provider for violating the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations.
September 10, 2024
Legs & Regs
OFAC Adds Nine Individuals, One Entity to SDN List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a notice concerning the addition of nine individuals and one entity to the Specially Designated Nationals List with respect the the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations and cybersecurity issues.
September 16, 2024
US Treasury Sanctions Georgian Individuals for Serious Human Rights Abuse
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting four individuals for serious human rights abuse in Georgia, including two Georgian government officials associated with brutal crackdowns on peaceful protesters.
September 16, 2024
Treasury Department Targets Enablers of Commercial Spyware Consortium
The U.S. Treasury Department announced that the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated five individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa Consortium, which is responsible for developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware technology.
September 16, 2024
FinCEN Seeks Comments on Renewed Rules with Respect to Purchase of Checks, Money Orders
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a notice and request for comments with respect to the information collection requirements in place for financial institutions.
September 16, 2024
August 12, 2024
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com and Christina Rea, former head of compliance at Binance.US, review Rea’s brief stint at the cryptocurrency trading platform.
August 1, 2024
‘As the other core markets for Russia are closing down and tightening the grip, they’re looking for other mechanisms. And we may be seen as an easier mechanism because we haven’t had the benefit of the learnings of the European and the American banks, where they have been really having to grapple with this on a day-to-day basis. We’re now really having to turn our attention to that indirect risk.’ -Kylie Oliver on sanctions risks in Australia.
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Financial Crime Matters: Santander’s Fraud and Risk Management Chief Discusses Online Scams
By Kieran Beer
In this Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com and Chris Ainsley, chief of fraud risk management at Santander, discuss fighting push-payment fraud and other online scams.
September 16, 2024
Digital Banks Shed Risk After Regulatory Crackdown, Warnings from Partners
By Chelsea Carrick
Fintechs whose business models rely on smaller, Main Street lenders in remote, even rural, locales are reassessing and even abandoning their high-risk relationships following a spate of enforcement actions against their banking partners.
September 16, 2024
Fraud Suspects Created Counterfeit Companies, Cashed Stolen Checks, Prosecutors Allege
By Fred Williams
An alleged fraud ring registered companies with the names of payees on stolen checks worth tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars in what analysts described to ACAMS moneylaundering.com as a sophisticated, though not entirely successful, strategy.
September 13, 2024
CTA challenge faces high bar in 11th Circuit, 8th Circuit overturns bank Ponzi-scheme verdict, and more, in the weekly roundup.
September 13, 2024
Beneficial Ownership Challenge Faces High Bar in 11th Circuit
By Fred Williams
A business group seeking to strike down the Corporate Transparency Act must meet a high legal threshold in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to succeed against the federal government's attempt to uphold the measure, analysts told ACAMS moneylaundering.com.
September 12, 2024
Enforcement Actions
The Federal Reserve Board and the Connecticut Department of Banking entered into a formal agreement with the Greenwich, CT-based bank holding company and its subsidiary bank that requires them to address certain regulatory deficiencies.
September 4, 2024
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit of Malta imposed a €8,110 fine on an unnamed corporate services provider for violating the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations.
September 10, 2024