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FinCEN reminds financial institutions to remain vigilant to elder financial exploitation
FinCEN reminds financial institutions to remain vigilant in identifying and reporting suspicious activity related to elder financial exploitation (EFE). EFE-related losses affect personal savings, checking accounts, retirement savings, and investments, and can severely impact victims’ well-being and financial security as they age. FinCEN has previously published resources to help stakeholders combat EFE…
FinCEN issues supplemental advisory on the illicit procurement of fentanyl precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment
The supplemental advisory builds off FinCEN’s 2019 advisory with new typologies and red flags to identify and report suspicious transactions, and fulfills the requirement in Section 3202 of the recently enacted FEND Off Fentanyl Act.
FBI warns of scammers defrauding individuals via work-from-home scams
The scammers pose as a legitimate business, such as a staffing or recruiting agency, and may contact victims via an unsolicited call or message. Scammers design the fake job to have a confusing compensation structure that requires victims to make cryptocurrency payments in order to earn more money or “unlock” work, and the payments go directly to the scammer. Scammers direct victims to a fake interface, which shows victims are earning money, though none of it is available to them to cash out…
SEC charged JAG Capital Advisors for defrauding investors of at least $3m over three years
JAG Advisors, deceived approximately nine investors by misrepresenting nearly every aspect of the fund, including its performance and risks. The principal of JAG Advisors, allegedly diverted $1.1 million for personal expenses such as travel and jewellery, and lost over $1.7 million through high-risk trading and speculative investments, while falsifying documents to conceal losses from investors…
US DoJ announces three UK nationals have been charged with involvement in the evolved apes NFT scam
US DoJ accuses The Epoch Times media company for a massive ML and cryptocurrency scam
The attorney’s office denied charges against the Epoch Times, a conservative right-wing media company known for its conspiratorial coverage of global politics and criticism of the chinese communist party…
US DoJ announces the extradition of Estonian nationals from Estonia to the US for $575m cryptocurrency fraud and ML scheme
Potapenko and Turogin manipulated victims into purchasing contracts for virtual currency shares, with US Customs and Border Protection aiding in their arrest and facilitating their entry into the US. The US thanks the Cybercrime Bureau of the National Criminal Police of the Estonian Police and border gaurd for its support with the investigation…
FinCEN issues a statement to provide “clarity” to banks on how to apply a risk-based approach to conducting CDD on independent ATM owners or operators in line with the requirements set out in FinCEN’s 2016 CDD Rule
Financial crime risk for independent ATM owners or operators varies based on transaction volume, ATM locations, and fund source. Bank-funded ATMs may pose a low risk due to bank knowledge and ability to identify suspicious activity…
FinCEN issues Year in Review for Fiscal Year 2023
The Year in Review is intended to help stakeholders gain insight into the collection and use of Bank Secrecy Act data, including FinCEN’s efforts to support law enforcement and national security agencies.
US DoJ announces the arrest of five individuals for defrauding Medicare of over $15m through sham hospices and money laundering
According to an indictment unsealed yesterday, three of the defendants allegedly operated a series of sham hospice companies that were purportedly owned by foreign nationals and used the foreign nationals’ identifying information to open bank accounts, to sign property leases, and submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for hospice services. The remaining two defendants are alleged to have been involved in money laundering.
FinCen Investigations reports a Ukrainian oligarch’s sprawling property portfolio among cases for being funneled into bankruptcy
FinCEN investigation revealed Ihor Kolomoisky’s decade-long real estate empire in the US, acquiring 22 properties leaving behind vacant buildings, unpaid taxes, hazardous factory conditions, unemployed workers, and four steel mills filing for bankruptcy…
US DoJ announces the Texas energy company president sentenced to six years in prison for illegal kickback scheme and commodities insider trading in natural gas futures contracts
James pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and wire fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 1. Miller pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 20…