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FinCEN warns Mexican cartels are increasingly using fuel smuggling as a TBML scheme, exploiting shell companies and fake invoices to evade taxes and launder illicit profits

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jun 30, 2026

Mexican cartels are increasingly smuggling fuel (gasoline, diesel, etc.) from the U.S. into Mexico. They evade Mexican fuel taxes and sell the fuel illegally in Mexico at large profit margins. The schemes are linked to major groups like the Jalisco New Generation...

U.S. authorities secured a guilty plea from a Brazilian national in a $30M drug money laundering scheme that used cash couriers and structured transfers to evade detection

by AdrianaAMLP | Jun 24, 2026

The defendants admitted conspiring to launder drug trafficking proceeds through a U.S.-based courier network that collected bulk cash in cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Rochester and Tampa before depositing funds across the banking system....

White House launches a national transition to post-quantum cryptography to protect federal systems and critical infrastructure from quantum-enabled cyber threats, including “harvest now, decrypt later” risks

by AdrianaAMLP | Jun 22, 2026

Executive Order 14412 requires agencies to appoint migration leads, review high-value systems and move key establishment and digital signatures to NIST-approved post-quantum standards by 2030 and 2031. While not a financial crime measure, the order is relevant to...

FinCEN and U.S. regulators propose a rule under the GENIUS Act establishing a Customer Identification Program (CIP) for permitted payment stablecoin issuers, requiring bank-like KYC standards under the BSA

by AdrianaAMLP | Jun 18, 2026

The proposed rule would require permitted payment stablecoin issuers to establish written Customer Identification Programs that collect and verify identifying information, maintain records, and check customers against government lists. It forms part of wider GENIUS...

FinCEN issues updated Guidance to clarify how FIs can more broadly share information on suspected fraud and other illicit activity, under section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act

by AdrianaAMLP | Jun 12, 2026

The updated guidance confirms that eligible financial institutions may share information with each other about suspected fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and other specified unlawful activities under section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act. It gives...

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FinCEN warns Mexican cartels are increasingly using fuel smuggling as a TBML scheme, exploiting shell companies and fake invoices to evade taxes and launder illicit profits

U.S. authorities secured a guilty plea from a Brazilian national in a $30M drug money laundering scheme that used cash couriers and structured transfers to evade detection

White House launches a national transition to post-quantum cryptography to protect federal systems and critical infrastructure from quantum-enabled cyber threats, including “harvest now, decrypt later” risks

FinCEN and U.S. regulators propose a rule under the GENIUS Act establishing a Customer Identification Program (CIP) for permitted payment stablecoin issuers, requiring bank-like KYC standards under the BSA

FinCEN issues updated Guidance to clarify how FIs can more broadly share information on suspected fraud and other illicit activity, under section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act

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