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Federal Agencies joint effort alert on Romance Scams
Romance scams are not new, but with the proliferation of online dating apps, social media, and even messaging apps, new types of scams are emerging that target new audiences and have drained victims of millions of dollars. The year 2020 was a record year for romance scams…
FBI releases 2020 incident-based (NIBRS) data
The FBI released detailed data on nearly 8.9 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2020. It also presents arrest data for those crimes, as well as 10 additional categories for which only arrest data is collected….
US DoJ sentences former DEA special agent for ML
A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent was sentenced in prison for operating a money laundering and fraud scheme. This included conspiracy to commit money laundering, honest services wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft…
FinCEN fact sheet on beneficial ownership Information Reporting
FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to give the public an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed rule to implement the CTA’s beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions. The proposed rule would significantly enhance the ability to protect…
FinCEN on customer identity verification requirements
FinCEN grants limited exceptive relief to casinos from certain customer identity verification requirements in the context of online gaming.
A casino may utilize suitable non-documentary methods to verify the identity of online customers…
FinCEN’s 314(a) Fact Sheet
FinCEN’s regulations under Section 314(a) enable federal, state, local, and foreign (EU) law enforcement agencies to reach out to more than 34,000 points of contact at more than 14,000 FIs to locate accounts and transactions of persons that may be involved in terrorism or ML…
FinCEN report on ransomware trends in Bank Secrecy Act data
FinCEN identified several ML typologies common among ransomware variants in 2021 including threat actors increasingly requesting payments in Anonymity-enhanced Cryptocurrencies (AECs) and avoiding reusing wallet addresses, “chain hopping” and cashing out…
US Members of Congress announces the Enablers Act
The ENABLERS Act would impose stronger due diligence requirements on such U.S.-based middlemen, to ensure that the US never again facilitates the corruption and dictatorship we claim to oppose by giving kleptocrats and criminals a safe haven for the money they steal…
US DoJ sentences foreign national on ML funds to promote turtle trafficking
Kang Juntao was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and one year of supervised release on a federal ML conviction. He financed a nationwide ring of individuals who smuggled at least 1,500 protected turtles, valued at more than $2,250,000, from US to Hong Kong…
US DoJ sentences leader of a sophisticated drug trafficking organization
The Mexican national was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 22 years in prison for her role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy to transport into the US…
SEC issues whistleblower awards totaling more than $4 million
SEC issues whistleblower awards totaling more than $4 million. All payments are made out of an investor protection fund established by Congress that is financed…
FinCEN second exchange with FIs related to Ransomware
FinCEN to hold second exchange with FIs in relation to Ransomware. FinCEN anticipates that this FinCEN Exchange will assist its government and private sector partners to inform next steps to address ransomware and…