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Ransomware attack exposes 1.5TB of stolen aerospace data
ST Engineering Aerospace’s US subsidiary experienced a ransomware attack that extracted about 1.5...
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e-KYC services introduced in Malaysia by InstaREM
Residents and expatriates in Malaysia can now make overseas payments safely and regularly through...
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SEC Cautions Citizens Regarding Digital Investment Scams in the Philippines
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public to pay caution while making d...
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Swedish gambling regulator seeks high money-laundering fines
The Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA) has taken a tough stance against money laundering and reques...
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Combating COVID-19: Dubai warns of $10 million loan scheme fraud
A recent scam has emerged in Dubai which involves a $10 million loan for young entrepreneurs and ...
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UK Exposed to Significant Trade-based Money Laundering Risks Post-Brexit
Risks related to trade-based money laundering in the UK are expected in the upcoming years, accor...
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Digital euro successfully tested at the Bank of France
On May 20, Banque de France announced that France has become the first country to successfully te...
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Financial Watchdogs in South Korea Add Guidelines for Crypto Transactions
Financial Watchdogs in South Korea will now oversee the activities regarding crypto in the countr...
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MFSA Tightens Financial Regulations for Lawyers, Auditors, and Accountants
Professionals in Malta, lawyers, accountants, and auditors, etc. are resisting the new rules that...
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Massive Cyberattack on Australia Uses Cryptojacking Exploits
According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre, a group of “state actors” hacked Australian ne...
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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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London’s Mayor Assures of the Strong Regulations Despite Brexit
Bankers in the UK are looking towards the leniency in regulations and tax cuts due to Brexit. How...
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FCA Fines TJM Partnership Limited £2 Million for Money Laundering
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined the investment firm TJM Partnership Limited £2m for ser...
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Rabobank Fined EUR 500K for Ineffective KYC Compliance
The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) instructed Rabobank to enhance their CDD, transaction monitoring, an...
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EU to add Panama, Bahamas, and others to money-laundering blacklist
The European Commission has included Mauritius, Panama, and ten other states to its list of count...
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Swiss Court Seeks $45m Compensation in Credit Suisse Money Laundering Case
Federal prosecutors in Switzerland are seeking compensation of $45 million in the Credit Suisse m...
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European Central Bank’s President Calls for Strict Bitcoin Regulations
The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, says that bitcoin is a “funny busi...
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UK Watchdog Fines Al Rayan Bank 4M Pounds Over AML Control Failures
FCA, Britain’s financial watchdog, revealed on Wednesday, 11th Jan 2023 that it had imposed...
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Guyana plans Amending Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
The government of Guyana is looking to amend the AML/CFT legislation in the National Assembly to ...
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Brazil’s financial regulator launches regulatory blockchain
The Banco Central do Brasil (BC) recently declared the launching of a new blockchain platform cal...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Fines Property Firms Over £1 Million for Money Laundering Violations
HM Revenue & Customs has fined property firms more than £1 million for not complying with ant...
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FATF Calls for Tighter Regulations to Fill Voids in Virtual Asset Compliance
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlighted a regulatory gap in the compliance system for ...
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American Gaming Association urges policy change on digital payments
The result of a year and half of work, the American Gaming Association has suggested a set of upd...
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Seattle Airport Resists Federal Push for Facial Recognition
Facial recognition technology won’t be installed at the boarding gates of the Seattle-Tacoma Inte...
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Crypto and Forex Scams Cost Belgian Investors $12 Million
According to the Belgian financial watchdog, fraudsters stole approximately $12 million from the ...
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Myanmar Promises Improvements after FATF’s Blacklisting
Myanmar’s central bank has made promises of reforms and issued a warning against currency m...
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Britain’s FCA Fines Ghanaian Bank for Insufficient AML Regulations
The Financial Conduct Authority of the UK has imposed fines of £5.8 million on Ghana Internationa...
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South Korea Seizes $47M Worth of Crypto from Tax Evaders
South Korean officials have seized $47 million in cryptocurrency from 12,000 individuals accused ...
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LifeLabs Hit By a Data Breach Affecting Personal Information of 15 Million People
Canadian laboratory testing company, LifeLabs, disclosed on Tuesday that it had been a victim of ...
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Fraudsters are all set to exploit Black Friday sales. Beware!
Criminals are aware that at this time of the year, shoppers are looking for discounted deals and ...
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New Zealand Forces Banks To Strengthen Their Security Measures
New Zealand’s parliamentary committee has urged banks and financial institutes to bolster their s...
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US Treasury Official Urges Iraq’s Central Bank to Act Against Money Laundering
The US Treasury officials stated Iraq’s central bank should design new measures to combat the mis...
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NY Lawmakers Approve Legislation Against Financial Fraud
Michael Gianaris, Deputy Leader of the Senate, recently announced his legislative measures to pro...
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FinCEN Warns Banks of Potential Russian Sanctions Evasion
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned banks of possible suspicious practic...
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SEC Unfolds Strict Regulations to Prevent Financial Crimes in Stock Market
SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) is to implement tough regulations to prevent money launderin...
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FINMA, SFC, and MAS Fine Multiple Financial Institutions Over $1.5 Billion For Money Laundering Activities
FINMA, SFC, and MAS fined multiple financial institutions over $1.5 billion for not complying wit...
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Swiss Government Gears Up to Establish a Central Registry for Beneficial Ownership
The Swiss government plans to set up a central registry for beneficial ownership, a step that ind...
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Two Bank Workers Banned by Central Bank in the Philippines for Wirecard Fraud
Two bank workers, involved in issuing fake documents, have been banned by the Central Bank. The a...
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Indonesia to Pass Regulations to Control Money Laundering
Indonesia is looking to develop a strong regulatory framework to curb money laundering and terror...
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International CBI Sharpen Focus on Due Diligence Procedures in Light of Global Risks
Discussion by renowned experts of major due diligence agencies in the PWM virtual panel highlight...
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1.6M Unemployment Claim Filers Exposed Due to Data Breach
The Washington State Auditor’s Office has investigated an incident that has exposed the personal ...
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Rules for AMLC Inquiry for Bank Accounts Released by the Court of Appeals (CA)
On Sunday, the Court of Appeals (CA) issued its rule of process for assessing the deposit or inve...
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Australian Government Introduces $800 Million Budget for New Technology and Expands Digital Identity Checks
The Morrison government has announced an $800 million budget for expanding digital identity check...
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Jamaica Nears Full Compliance by Meeting 37 of 40 FATF Recommendations
Jamaica now complies with 37 out of 40 FATF recommendations for better prevention of financial cr...
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Amazon Sued Over Illegal Storage of Employee Biometric Data
Lawyers from the firm of McGuire Law P.C. of Chicago filed a class action complaint on November 1...
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FCA Cracks Down on Various Operators Hosting Illegal Crypto Cash Machines Around Leed
The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) suspects many sites around Leeds of hosting illegally opera...
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US Set to Disclose New Real Estate Regulations to Combat Money Laundering
The US Treasury Department is ready to introduce rigid regulations to close security loopholes in...
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FATF Removes Cayman Islands and Panama From Increased AML Monitoring List
In the last plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on October 27th, the Cayman...
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New York Federal Reserve Sued by Puerto Rican Bank For Blocking Service in Venezuela
A Puerto Rican bank has sued the New York Federal Reserve on 25th July for suspending their acces...
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New Zealand’s FMA Issues New ID Verification Guideline
A new explanatory note has been issued by New Zealand identifying the sources of information that...
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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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Travel and Leisure Industry is at Peril of Facing Data Breach
The travel and leisure industry is already facing a difficult time right now, they do not need to...
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US Ambassador Highlights how Liberia can Improve its AML/CFT Laws
Monrovian embassy of the United States’s ambassador, Micheal A. McCarthy, supports the National R...
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Gary Gensler- Former CFTC Chair to Join President-Elect Biden’s team as Financial Expert.
A crypto-savvy and a CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) chair from President Obama’s gov...
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California’s EDD is Falling Behind in Legitimate Unemployment Claims
According to a report by Calmatters, California’s Employment Development Department is lacking be...
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Latvia’s Bank Rietumu Fined EUR 5.85M Over Money Laundering Failures
The Financial and Capital Market Commission has fined Bank Rietumu EUR 5.85 million over failures...
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China’s securities watchdog commits to clean up financial markets
SHANGHAI – China’s security watchdog vowed a number of measures to clean up its financial m...
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Lawyers in Malta Lag Behind in Complying with AML Measures
Malta obliged the various sectors to comply with risk assessment measures. According to the Finan...
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Argentina Proposes VASP Registry as Part of Updated AML Law
Argentina is preparing to update its AML and CTF law and has proposed to include a registry for v...
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Visa, Mastercard Face FTC Inquiry Over Debit Card Transactions
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are once again facing inquiries by the Federal Trade Commission ove...
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Brexit Deal Decides the Future of Financial Service in the UK and the EU
Marketers have finally realized the full text of the deal between the UK and Brussels regarding t...
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Amendments in Thailand’s Money Laundering Act to Include New Offenses
A proposed amendment in Thailand’s Money Laundering Act was approved by the cabinet to include ad...
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Chinese Police Seize $124M Money Laundering Scam in Zunyi City
The money laundering gang was able to conceal its fraudulent activities for a while by using 500 ...
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Growing List of Countries are Introducing Regulations on Crypto
Ukraine’s Parliament officially adopted the Draft Law On Virtual Assets. Prior to this, cryptocur...
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Central Bank of UAE Issues New AML Guidelines to Mitigate Payment Fraud Risks
The Central Bank of UAE has issued new anti-money laundering guidelines to prevent payment frauds...
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Kenyan Authorities Freeze Accounts of Two Nigerian Companies for Allegedly Laundering Sh6 billion
Kenyan authorities have frozen accounts containing Sh45 million belonging to two Nigerian compani...
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UK Fraud Agency Warns Money Launderers are Targeting Under-21s
Cifas recently reported an economic downturn allows fraudsters to target young people, under 21, ...
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UAE Strengthens AML Measures to Bolster Virtual Asset Framework
The UAE’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing department stated it continues bo...
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Consumers Lost €15.6M to Impersonation, Investment, and Romance Scams
Approximately 70% of Irish consumers have been targeted by some form of identity scam, according ...
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UK’s Victoria Gate Casino Fined $613K over AML Failings
The Source of funds for 10 customers were left unidentified by UK’s Victoria Gate Casino, resulti...
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‘Money Laundering risk is higher in banks in Mexico than crypto firms’, says FIU report
According to the new report generated by the country’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), the ban...
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Bank of England Introduces New Regulatory Approach for Crypto
The Bank of England is formulating the UK’s first regulatory framework for crypto assets and stat...
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