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SEC charges Coinbase for operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency
Coinbase has made billions of dollars unlawfully facilitating the buying and selling of crypto asset securities. The SEC alleges that Coinbase intertwines the traditional services of an exchange, broker, and clearing agency without having registered any of those functions…
TI UK publishes report on Understanding Anti-Corruption Reporting
The report provides a comprehensive review of anti-corruption sustainability disclosures by 600 of the world’s largest companies across 15 jurisdictions, including the UK, revealing significant inconsistency in anti-bribery and corruption disclosure expectations…
OFSI amends Global Anti-Corruption Financial Sanctions lists
The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 provide for the imposition of financial sanctions, namely the freezing of funds and economic resources persons who are or have been involved in serious corruption. The following entry has been corrected and is still…
SEC issues largest-ever Whistleblower Award
SEC announced the largest-ever award, nearly $279 million, to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to the successful enforcement of SEC and related actions. The award not only incentivizes whistleblowers to come forward with accurate…
HMCPSI publishes report on SFO’s case progression
The report concluded that the SFO has made extensive improvements in handling and progressing its cases. HMCPSI has recommended SFO to (i) Develop a strategic resourcing model by Dec 2023, (ii) All case controllers to be provided with enhanced management & leadership…
Home Office publishes results of the Economic Crime Survey 2020
The Home Office surveyed businesses in selected sectors and found that around 1 in 5 businesses had been a victim of fraud in the 3 years running up to the survey, and that almost half of them had experienced more than one incident. Debit or credit card fraud accounted…
UK Government publishes new Fraud Strategy for 2023
The new fraud strategy sets out over 50 measures to reduce fraud and cybercrime by 10% by 2025. The strategy would establish a coordinated response from the government, law enforcement, and the private sector to better protect the public and increase…
Gambling Commission’s plans for implementation of the Gambling Act Review White Paper
The White Paper committed to increase regulatory powers to tackle illegal gambling and to facilitate cross-government collaboration on a number of areas. The first set of White Paper-related LCCP consultations will be published this summer and pre-consultation…
EC announces stronger rules to fight corruption in the EU and worldwide
The measures include new and strengthened rules criminalising corruption offences and harmonising penalties across the EU, as well as a proposal to establish a dedicated Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) sanctions regime to target serious acts of corruption…
FinCEN publishes review of Fiscal Year 2022/23
The Year in Review is intended to help stakeholders gain insight into both FinCEN’s efforts to support law enforcement and national security agencies, and how financial information, filed pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is used. The information that FIs provide to…
Wolfsberg Group publishes updated ABC compliance programme guidance
The Guidance identifies the main areas of risk that need to be covered in ABC compliance programmes and reminds the industry that such programmes need to be overseen by senior management; and administered by employees with sufficient authority, expertise…
TI-UK publishes its 2023/24 Annual Plan under the 2021-2030 Strategy: ‘Stopping Corruption – Promoting Integrity’
The priorities for 2023/24 include focusing efforts on remaining gaps in Britain’s Dirty Money defences whilst ensuring the effectiveness of new measures triggered by the conflict in Ukraine, improving supervision of AML defences, corporate transparency in British Overseas…