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SEC busts celebrity-backed cryptocurrency scheme for fraud
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thumbnail thehill­.com - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday announced fraud charges against two men behind a $32 million cryptocurrency investment scheme hawked by celebrities such as Floyd Mayweather Jr.…
Latvia’s money laundering scandal | Bruegel
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thumbnail bruegel­.org - The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said on February 13th 2018 that it was seeking restrictions on ABLV bank, on suspicion of involvement in money laundering and helping…
Bank Helped Iran Avoid International Sanctions in Transactions Worth $7bn - National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
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thumbnail www­.ncr-iran­.org - NCRI - A Persian Gulf bank secretly helped the Iranian Regime evade international sanctions for over a decade in a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme, according to legal documents filed during a r…
Report: Bahrain bank helped Iran evade sanctions for years
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www­.bahrainbiznews­.com - Investigators have uncovered evidence of a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme by a Persian Gulf bank that secretly helped Iran evade sanctions for more than a decade, according to documents filed …
Iceland’s measures to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation
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intellibriefs­.blogspot­.com - Iceland’s measures to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation Paris, 6 April 2018 – Iceland needs better internal cooperation and coordination to effectively tackle mo…
Why KYC and AML is coming to all ICOs and crypto exchanges
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cryptocurrency­.rodipex­.com - Three Monkeys source: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/suspected-money-laundering-prevented-by-coordinated-efforts-of-cayman-islands-police-and-banks/money-laundering-story-image-three-monkeys/ Why …
Razzle dazzle 'Ponzi' parties lure Asian investors into a $120m property bust
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thumbnail www­.abc­.net­.au - As Australian authorities continue to scrutinise the suspected Ponzi scheme masterminded by Pilbara businesswoman Veronica Macpherson, its overseas investors are embarrassed that they fell for her pr…
The currency war on Iran | Peter Beaumont
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thumbnail www­.theguardian­.com - The continuing currency crisis in Iran, which has seen the rial go into freefall, has been cited, with some celebration in certain quarters, as proving that US-led sanctions are "working" against Teh…
What Makes a Crime Money Laundering? - HG.org
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thumbnail www­.hg­.org - What Makes a Crime Money Laundering? Money laundering occurs when a person funnels funds acquired from criminal actions into legitimate businesses’ revenue streams. This permits the individual to cle…
Operationalizing Compliance Through Management of Third-Parties - Compliance Report
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thumbnail fcpacompliancereport­.com - Jay Martin, Chief Compliance Officer at BakerHughes, a GE company continually reminds us that a key to compliance is execution. There is one area of compliance where that is no more true than in step…
Investigation suggests Iran is smuggling oil to China in violation of sanctions
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thumbnail freebeacon­.com - An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat escorts a passenger ship with oil tanker in background / AP BY: Adam Kredo Follow @Kredo0 April 17, 2013 5:00 am Iran is engaged in an elaborate oil smuggling…
Cryptocurrency Regulation Takes Shape: Are Compliance Solutions Ready?
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thumbnail www­.niceactimize­.com:443 - Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and FinCEN announced they will regulate cryptocurrency exchanges and Initial Coin Offering…
India, Pakistan central banks clamp down on crypto-currencies - Khaleej Times
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thumbnail www­.khaleejtimes­.com - India's central bank barred banks from having any links to virtual currency dealers, slashing the prices of bitcoin and other crypto-currencies on local exchanges. Pakistan's central bank said in a s…
understand corporate structure, identify ultimate beneficial owners | encompass blog
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thumbnail www­.encompasscorporation­.com - The matter of ultimate beneficial ownership has been thrown into the spotlight once again with allegations that a UK shell company was used to launder the proceeds of the infamous Mt Gox hack that re…
Cryptocurrencies and the fight against money laundering | Inside Financial & Risk
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thumbnail blogs­.thomsonreuters­.com - As the global use of cryptocurrencies continues to gather momentum, what are the potential risks and implications for compliance professionals and how can they stay a step ahead of money launderers? …
Analytics powers anti-money laundering efforts
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thumbnail www­.sas­.com - Tuning the algorithms that are the core of SAS Anti-Money Laundering is only part of Landsbankinn’s data story. They wanted to share more information throughout the bank, helping more people make dat…
KYC - More Than Just Satisfying Regulators
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thumbnail www­.finextra­.com - When most banking professionals think of compliance they think of roadblocks to doing what they want to do. They think of check the box activities that they do simply to prevent regulators and intern…
Pot sector financings face 'enhanced' due diligence, BMO CEO says
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thumbnail www­.ctvnews­.ca - TORONTO -- The Bank of Montreal, the first of Canada's biggest lenders to co-lead a cannabis company financing, puts potential sector deals through an "enhanced due diligence process," its chief exec…
Remote Browser Isolation: Taking One for the Fraud/AML Team | Payment Week
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thumbnail paymentweek­.com - Research shows that financial services firms encounter 300 times more cybersecurity incidents – most of them browser-related – than companies in other industries. Web-borne threats and exploits affec…
Korea to Inspect 3 Banks Over Crypto Exchange Connections - CoinDesk
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thumbnail www­.coindesk­.com - South Korean financial regulators are to inspect three domestic banks over their compliance with recently introduced anti-money laundering rules for cryptocurrency exchange accounts. According to a s…
Former Mt. Gox CEO Is No Longer a Bitcoin Believer
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thumbnail www­.bloomberg­.com - The former chief executive officer of the once-largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, said he no longer is a Bitcoin believer, and sounded pessimistic about cryptocurrencies in general. “The technology i…
Bitcoin holds steady above $7,000 as 2 Wall Street legends reportedly eye the crypto market
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thumbnail www­.businessinsider­.com - Major cryptocurrencies were trading in the green Sunday morning following reports that two traditional Wall Street firms are eyeing the market for digital currencies. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurre…
George Soros Prepares to Trade Cryptocurrencies
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thumbnail www­.bloomberg­.com - George Soros called cryptocurrencies a bubble in January. Now his $26 billion family office is planning to trade digital assets. Adam Fisher, who oversees macro investing at New York-based Soros Fund…
What is behind the economic crisis in Sudan?
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thumbnail africasacountry­.com - In October 2017, the Sudanese public was thrilled after the decision by US President Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions against the country, in place since 1997. Sudanese social media buzzed wit…
Update 1-mexico falls short on prosecuting money laundering - report - compuserve politics how is money laundering done
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financialanalytics­.220w­.net - (adds comments from financial action task force’s report) MEXICO CITY, jan 3 (reuters) – mexico is failing to root out Money laundering because it uses a reactive case-by-case Investigation approach …
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