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Saudi Arabia Uncovers Massive Fraud worth SR11.5 Billion
Law enforcement authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested at least 32 suspects including businessmen, ...
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MBSB Bank to Implement BNM’s Requirements for Combating Financial Crimes
Bank Negara Malaysia announced additional security measures for financial institutions to strengt...
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Google Warns 12,000 Victims of Government Hacks
In just three months, from July to September 2019, Google sent out 12,000 warnings to people who ...
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B.C. Real Estate Company Fined $230K for Multiple AML Violations
Nu Stream Realty Inc. has been fined $230,423 for failure to comply with federal Anti-Money Laund...
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FCA Bans Crypto-Related Investments in the UK
Financial Conduct Authority- FCA had proposed a ban on crypto-related investments in October 2020...
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AUSTRAC Made to Take Back Seat as Australia Defies Global AML Regulations
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has taken Australia’s largest business to cons...
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Black Friday Shoppers Alert: Digital Scam Victims Lose an Average of £1,000 Each
Black Friday shoppers have been advised to strengthen their cybersecurity as NFIB revealed that v...
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Department of Justice Charges Russian Oligarch with Violating US Sanctions
The Justice Department reportedly charged a Russian oligarch with violating US sanctions and reve...
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Oklahoma Takes Strict Legislative Measures to Prevent Child Identity Theft
The Senate of Oklahoma has approved a bill to take strict measures against those involved in the ...
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UK to Propose Regulatory Protocols for Stablecoins
The government of the UK has declared incoming regulations for stable coins currency. It has also...
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FINMA Penalizes Swiss Bank over Money Laundering of $78 Million
The Swiss regulatory authority, FINMA, initiated a lawsuit against the senior management at Juliu...
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ICO Warns Public Bodies Over Failure to Respond FOI Requests
ICO warned public bodies regarding Freedom of Information (FOI) requests failure. Different depar...
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Singapore to Strengthen Security Measures Against Phishing Scams
Singapore is taking steps to introduce additional security measures to detect suspicious transact...
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Panama’s Supreme Court to Declare Cryptocurrency Legislation
Panama’s Supreme court to decide whether to modify the “crypto bill” or approve it without amendm...
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Japan to Enforce Strict Anti-Money Laundering Laws on Cryptocurrency
A stringent set of anti-money laundering measures will be implemented in Japan starting June 1st,...
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EU Parliament Reaches Provisional Agreement on Extending Rules for Crypto Assets
The Council Presidency has reached a provisional agreement with the EU Parliament regarding the r...
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Treasury to Require Car Dealers to Reveal the Identities and Sources of Income of Buyers
The Treasury of Kenya will require car dealers to provide the identities and sources of their inc...
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Guyana Joins Sister Caribbean Countries to Stop Money Laundering
“Guyana has joined the Caribbean network to counter money laundering and introduced a global fina...
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Fake Zoom Invite Collapsed Australian Hedge Fund with a CyberAttack
A fake zoom invite has taken out $8.7 million in fraudulent invoices by the trustee and administr...
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Facebook’s Calibra rebrands to Novi wallet
Facebook subsidiary and Libra wallet provider Calibra, has recently been rebranded to Novi. The n...
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Crown Casinos Fined $450 Million for AML Failures
Casino operator Crown should pay a fine of $450 million for 546 violations of anti-money launderi...
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Ransomware attacks three US universities
A ransomware group has successfully stricken three universities within the week. They claim that ...
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Albanian Financial Supervision Authority Approves Crypto Licensing Regime
Albanian Financial Supervision Authority has approved a licensing regime for crypto exchanges for...
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Singapore Authorities Investigates Bank’s Role in $1.8B Money Laundering Case
Singapore’s central bank started an investigation against banks involved in a $1.8b global wealth...
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UK Launches New Crypto Asset Promotion Rules
The UK’s latest obligations on the promotions of the crypto service providers came into force thi...
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US Senator Challenges the Proposed Crypto Regulations of FinCEN & FATF
Pat Toomey, the US Senator, has requested Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to “make significant re...
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Panama & the Cayman Islands’ AML Efforts May Lead to Removal From FATF Gray List
According to the Paris-based watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Panama and the Cayman ...
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Japan to Form Specialized AML/CFT Team in Response to FATF Review
Japan has been advised by the FATF to enhance cross-agency coordination and overcome barriers of ...
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US Regulators Worried about the Rise in Synthetic Identity Fraud
Synthetic identity fraud, a financial crime in the USA, is on the rise. This has concerned the Un...
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FMA Blacklists Krypto Security, Bay Exchange, and CTRL Investments Limited
New Zealand’s FMA has warned investors against services and products being offered by unauthorize...
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EBA Restricts Diamantaires from Banking Services to Curb ML/TF Risk
Financial institutions restricting diamond dealers from banking services to comply with EU’s 2015...
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EMI Flagged Nearly 40% of UK’s E-Money Exchanges for Money Laundering Risk
A report from Transparency International revealed that nearly 40% of the UK’s e-payment companies...
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Aussies Bombarded With Scams in 2022 – ACCC Report
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported Aussies as the top target of s...
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Newsman arrested for credit card theft
A Newport Newsman was arrested due to credit card and identity theft allegations.
The arrest was...
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Rapstar Captured for His Role in Wire Fraud Scheme
A famous rapper from Chicago with his crew members was caught and charged in court for using the ...
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Kansas Reports Highest Number of Identity Theft Cases in 2020
New research conducted reveals that Kansas State has been ranked at number one for having the mos...
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Officials Concerned about the Russian Money Laundering Done Through the UK
The top officials in the UK have shown their concerns about the disturbing regularity of the Russ...
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UK Parliament Legislates New Digital Identity Verification Services Bill
On Wednesday, in the King’s Speech, the UK government presented a new Digital Identity Verificati...
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Central Bank of Bangladesh Concerns Over Data Submission Delays and Abnormalities
The Central Bank of Bangladesh has raised concerns over licensed bank dealers for late submission...
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RBI Allows Multinational Banks to Retain Limited Data Abroad for AML Screening
KYC data can be retained in offshore bank branches for the purpose of sanctions and AML screening...
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Global Payments Industry At Risk Due to Cryptocurrencies, Says FinTech Boss
According to the boss of New York based investment banking company, Goldman Sachs, Cryptocurrenci...
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FinTech in Malaysia is Improving Due to Friendly Regulations
Malaysia has taken a user-friendly approach to adapt to financial regulations as it is working to...
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Singapore Taking New Actions Against Terror Financing and Money Laundering
Singapore’s Parliament took improved measures against the financing of terrorism and money launde...
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PCMLTFA Update: FINTRAC Announces Flexible Compliance Approach
On May 28, 2021, FINTRAC announced changes in Canada’s anti-money laundering regime under t...
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UAE Imposes Fines Exceeding Dh115 Million to Combat Money Laundering in Q1 of 2023
The UAE has imposed a monetary penalty of Dh115 million ($31.3M) in the first quarter (Q1) of 202...
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US Officials allege student defrauded Apple as part of SIM swap attack
Richard Yuan Li, a student at the University of California-San Diego, is charged with plotting to...
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The UK’s Financial Services Minister States Banks Should Not Close Accounts Based on Political Views of Their Customers
The financial services minister, Andrew Griffith, commented on July 4th that banks should be requ...
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UK Government to Crackdown Corruption Under New AML laws
Overseas firms owning land in the UK need to publicly declare the owners, under the new UK laws t...
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AML Council Warns Financial Institutions to Strengthen Systems for Effective Money Laundering Prevention
Banks and financial institutions should implement a strengthened anti-money laundering system to ...
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Sri Lankan AMLO Fines a Bank and Two Finance Firms for Non-Compliance
Approximately two million rupees worth of fines were imposed on three financial institutions in S...
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Actor Behind $650M Ponzi Scheme Set to Face 20-Year Jail Time
The actor was arrested on account of wire fraud, identity theft, securities fraud, and executing ...
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$140 Million Stolen as Crypto Gaming Company Gets Hit by Hackers
VulcanForge is the third cryptocurrency company to be targeted by hackers in just this month, wit...
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EU Warns About the Impact of COVID-19 on Non-Regulated Crypto Investments
European Union’s financial regulatory agency, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA...
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Crypto Bill Approved by the US Congress Set to Revamp Digital Asset Securities
The US Congress presented comprehensive legislation for the crypto market to redefine workflows a...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission Identifies AML Failures of US Brokerage Firms
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reported that compliance reviews of US brokerage...
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UAE Extends the Deadline for DNFBPs to Register for AML Regulations
The Ministry of Economy (MoE) in Abu Dhabi has announced the deadline extension for the registrat...
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Qatar Takes Steps to Strengthen its AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance
A webinar organised by ICC Qatar emphasised the efforts of Qatar to strengthen its AML/CFT and sa...
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Guyana Strengthens Judicial Officers Ability to Combat Financial Crime
Guyana’s government started asset recovery training for the judicial officers to boost their capa...
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Albania’s Fight Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Gains Traction
Based on the Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL review report, published on June 21st, Albania ha...
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CIBC Fined C$1.3M by Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Authority
Canadian regulatory authorities imposed a $1.3m penalty on the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...
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£78 Million Stolen in Investment Scams, Warns FCA
FCA- Financial Conductive Authority has given out a warning as the investment scams regarding ‘cl...
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MEPs Disclose Plans To Crack Down On Money Laundering – AMLA Reports
The civil liberties and economic affairs committees discussed the plan to establish an EU Authori...
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Estonian Cryptocurrency Exchange charged for concealing hack
Crex24, an Estonian cryptocurrency exchange, is accused of hiding a hack from its customers after...
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British Government Prepares Task Force to Halt Financial Crimes
After observing a 70% increase in push-payment fraud, the UK’s government has devised a tas...
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FCA Says Bankman-Fried FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Not Regulated in the UK
FCA warned crypto exchange FTX due to their unauthorized operations. The financial regulator clea...
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Cambodian Minister of Justice Addresses AML Action Plan to Escape FATF’s Gray List
The Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has advised all financial institutions to continue their coope...
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AUSTRAC Initiates Probe into Sportsbet and Bet365 over Money Laundering Suspicions
AUSTRAC launches investigations into gambling firms for suspicions of failing AML/CFT compliance,...
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Authorities Struggle in Mexico as Cartels Use Crypto for Laundering Funds
The head of financial intelligence in Mexico has revealed that the law enforcement authorities ar...
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CBUAE Revokes Dollar Exchange’s Licence over Regulatory Misconduct
The UAE Central Bank has revoked the licence of a dollar exchange house after it failed to keep a...
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Amazon Warns UK Customers Over Rising Threat of Impersonation Scams
Amazon has cautioned UK customers about the rising threat of impersonation scams via phone calls,...
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FCA Fines Ghana International Bank Over £5 million for Money Laundering Failings
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a £5,829,900 financial penalty on Ghana Interna...
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China Warns of Money Laundering Risks Arising from NFTs
China has warned of the financial risks associated with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as three indus...
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