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NCA and Nigerian authorities dismantle an alleged scam centre impersonating international celebrities to defraud victims in the UK and other countries
Six suspects were arrested in Delta State after intelligence sharing between the NCA, the Nigerian Police Force and Meta, with phones, computers and a luxury vehicle seized during the operation. The alleged scheme shows how impersonation fraud is organised through overseas compounds and digital platforms, requiring cooperation between law enforcement agencies and technology companies across jurisdictions.
U.S. DOJ indicts 3 Russian nationals and 2 companies over cybercrime infrastructure linked to $62M+ in losses from ransomware, malware and fraud attacks
The defendants allegedly provided infrastructure that allowed criminals to launch attacks, evade law enforcement, and extort victims, causing more than $62 million in losses across the U.S. and internationally. The action highlights continued efforts by U.S. and international authorities to disrupt cybercrime infrastructure and the financial networks supporting it…
NCA cracks down on Russian Coms, charging 5 individuals over a global scam call platform that enabled fraudsters to spoof trusted organisations, steal money and personal data from victims
The charges relate to an investigation into Russian Coms, a platform allegedly used by criminals worldwide to spoof phone numbers belonging to financial institutions, telecoms companies and police forces. The NCA says the case involves offences linked to supplying articles for use in fraud and criminal property, making it relevant to the infrastructure behind authorised push payment fraud and impersonation…
FCA removes hundreds of illegal financial promotions and secures new criminal convictions as it intensifies its use of enforcement, data and international cooperation against scams and market abuse
An international action against illegal finfluencers resulted in three arrests and 650 social-media takedown requests, while the regulator issued 2,329 warnings about unauthorised or potentially fraudulent firms during 2025. The FCA also reported 17 criminal convictions involving offences including fraud, insider dealing and money laundering, alongside a £42 million penalty imposed on Barclays for AML control failures.
Singapore Police Force charges four individuals over an alleged multi-national trade-based money laundering scheme involving gold smuggling and VAT fraud
The four defendants were charged over suspected money laundering and fraudulent business activity linked to a VAT carousel fraud scheme involving gold concealed inside signal converters imported from China. Singapore Police say the goods were dismantled in Singapore, the gold extracted and sold, and mainboards exported back through Hong Kong companies to create a paper trail of sham transactions disguised…
FCA charges a solicitor, with five counts of insider dealing for allegedly using confidential information obtained while advising on the acquisition of Seraphine Group PLC
The FCA says Richard Bloomfield has been charged with five counts of insider dealing after allegedly using inside information obtained while working as a solicitor on Seraphine Group PLC’s acquisition. The alleged trades took place between March 2022 and January 2023, and the case has been sent to Southwark Crown Court….
AUSTRAC orders bet365 to strengthen its AML controls after identifying serious weaknesses in its risk management and suspicious activity reporting processes
Under a legally binding enforceable undertaking, bet365 must overhaul its AML systems by improving its ongoing risk assessments, strengthening transaction monitoring, and enhancing suspicious matter reporting. The action highlights AUSTRAC’s increased scrutiny of the gambling sector, which it considers vulnerable to money laundering due to high-volume, fast-moving and often digital transactions…
AUSTRAC finalises its enforceable undertaking with Sportsbet after it remedied AML/CTF deficiencies, while stressing the need for strong, risk-based controls in high-risk gambling sectors
The undertaking, accepted in May 2024 after an external audit of Sportsbet’s AML/CTF compliance, required the company to uplift controls across risk assessment, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, reporting, governance and board oversight. AUSTRAC says Sportsbet has now satisfied the enforceable undertaking and must continue embedding the improvements, reinforcing…
US DoJ turns EagleBank’s check-kiting failures into a BSA warning, securing a $9.7m resolution after senior executives overrode AML controls
EagleBank admitted that it willfully failed to maintain an effective AML/CFT programme between 2010 and 2021, allowing favoured customers to operate a long-running check-kiting scheme despite repeated internal warnings. DOJ says senior executives overrode compliance staff and ignored red flags, contributing to a $6.3 million loss at another financial institution and leading to a financial penalty, forfeiture and remediation commitments.
US DoJ forces Alibaba and Alipay US into a $600 million resolution, exposing how weak platform and payment controls enabled illegal pharmaceutical sales and AML failures
Alibaba Group and AUS Merchant Services, formerly Alipay US, entered a non-prosecution agreement to resolve allegations linked to illegal sales and imports of pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, chemicals and pill presses through Alibaba.com and AliExpress. DOJ says AUS’s AML programme failed to prevent some merchants from using payment and settlement services for illicit activity, while also crediting the companies’ remediation and compliance improvements.
US DoJ links cartel logistics to crypto and trade-based laundering, securing a guilty plea from a Chinese national tied to CJNG-linked drug proceeds
Xizhi Li, a Honduras-based Chinese national extradited from Guatemala, pleaded guilty to cocaine importation, money laundering and material support offences connected to the CJNG cartel. DOJ says he helped import more than 450 kilograms of cocaine and coordinated the laundering of more than $22 million in drug proceeds using cryptocurrency, trade-based laundering and encrypted communications.
UK GC fines Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited £900K for regulatory failures in safer gambling controls, including weak harm detection and delayed intervention that exposed customers to avoidable losses
The regulator found that the firm lacked effective automated systems to detect early indicators of gambling-related harm, such as spend levels, time spent gambling, and problematic betting patterns, meaning at-risk customers were not identified or acted on quickly enough. The Commission also identified weaknesses in the operator’s intervention processes, including delays in taking action once customers were flagged for review…