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BBC investigation finds Deloitte helped falsify documents to conceal Roman Abramovich’s wealth and evade tax
A BBC investigation reported that Deloitte helped falsify documents relating to Roman Abramovich’s wealth, with the alleged falsification intended to evade tax. The reporting draws on leaked documents and financial records concerning the management and movement of Abramovich’s assets, including transfers from Cyprus to the British Virgin Islands. The findings raise concerns about the role of professional services firms and financial intermediaries…
Euronext: BaFin sets revised deadlines for Deutsche Bank to address deficiencies in data-processing systems used to monitor transactions for ML and TF
The revised deadlines update earlier orders issued in 2021 and 2023, with BaFin citing changes in technical requirements. The latest order became legally binding on 6 October 2026. Deutsche Bank said significant progress had been made, with a substantial portion of the required measures implemented.The case highlights the importance of effective, regularly updated transaction monitoring systems to detect suspicious activity and meet AML/CFT obligations…
The Guardian: Hungary detains two former ministers over alleged €80m bribery and public-funds misuse
Two former Hungarian ministers have been detained in separate investigations into suspected bribery, kickbacks and misuse of state funds. Former culture minister Balázs Hankó is suspected of misappropriating €47m from a national cultural fund, while former development minister Miklós Seszták is accused of accepting €33m in bribes linked to public procurement. Investigators allege that funds were channelled through intermediary companies and…
SC Media: Banking scams targeting mobile users have surged by 35% over the past year, with 90% of scams now taking place through mobile devices
AI-powered social engineering is making scams more convincing, with fraudsters increasingly manipulating victims into authorising payments themselves. Investment scams remain the most costly, averaging around $6,600 per case, while romance scams have also increased by 23%. Banks are increasingly using behavioural intelligence to detect signs of manipulation before fraudulent payments are authorised…
ET: US charges California tech CEO over alleged $300M Nvidia GPU smuggling scheme from the US to China via Malaysia and Singapore
Prosecutors allege the servers were routed through Malaysia and Singapore to conceal their final destination and bypass US export controls. The scheme allegedly involved false documentation, intermediary companies and more than $176 million in payments from Malaysia-based shipping firms. Lui faces charges including export-control violations, smuggling and conspiracy to commit money laundering…
Marketscreener: AI impersonation scam tricks Intesa Sanpaolo into authorising €95m in transfers
Fraudsters allegedly used a fake WhatsApp message and AI-generated voice impersonation of senior executives to persuade Fideuram, Intesa Sanpaolo’s private-banking arm, to authorise €95m in transfers. Around €53m was recovered, while €36m remains missing after funds were moved through overseas accounts and converted into cryptocurrency. The case highlights how AI-powered social engineering can bypass traditional controls…
Yahoo: UAE and Swedish authorities arrest 7 suspects in a joint operation targeting an international ML network that allegedly moved around $7.1M through cash and crypto
The network reportedly handled criminal cash proceeds and used cryptocurrency to transfer funds between criminal groups. Crypto transaction tracing and digital evidence also uncovered financial links to organised crime and contract killings, highlighting the role of blockchain analysis in cross-border financial crime investigations…
WSJ: US DoJ alleges Binance accounts were used to funnel Iranian oil proceeds through crypto, seeking forfeiture of $61M
It alleges that two China-linked companies, Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale, used Binance trading accounts to launder proceeds from black-market Iranian oil sales to Chinese buyers and funnel the money towards Iran and entities linked to the IRGC. Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of around $61 million in cryptocurrency, while tracing a wider network of unhosted crypto wallets that allegedly handled more than $1.5 billion in Iranian oil proceeds…
WSJ: Reform UK receives a record $97m in donations from crypto billionaires, raising scrutiny over UK political funding rules
Two crypto billionaires, each donated £36 million (about $48.7 million) to Reform UK, bringing their combined contributions to £72 million (about $97 million), the largest political donations declared by a UK party since 2001. The donations are attracting scrutiny over UK political-donation rules, including proposed restrictions on donations from overseas-based British voters. Delo is the co-founder of BitMEX, while Harborne is a major Tether…
Reuters: Belgian court sends Semlex and 13 others to trial over alleged corruption, ML and tax fraud linked to a DRC passport deal, involving nearly $60m in suspected diverted funds
The allegations concern arrangements surrounding the production and pricing of Congolese passports and the alleged diversion of revenues generated by the contract. The case brings together familiar ABC risks around government procurement, intermediaries and the extraction of value from public contracts; the allegations remain unproven…
Yahoo: South Korea arrests four suspects over alleged crypto financing of a Syrian terrorist group, involving 4,267 USDT and $121,000 in vehicles and equipment shipped to Syria
The alleged ringleader transferred 4,267 USDT to KTJ and later received crypto from the group to purchase 11 used cars and two excavators. The vehicles and equipment, worth around $121,000, were then shipped to Syria, in what police describe as South Korea’s first case involving crypto flowing back from a terrorist group into physical assets…
Ghana news Agency: Ghana plans to fully operationalise its Virtual Asset Service Providers Act by 2027, as the Bank of Ghana and SEC finalise licensing rules, regulatory guidelines and policy sandboxes
The framework will bring VASPs under formal supervision, strengthening AML/CFT controls, consumer protection, cybersecurity and financial stability. A new coordinating committee will also improve cooperation between regulators and help address emerging risks in the growing digital asset sector…