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Reuters: MAS partners with private banks to speed up wealthy client onboarding by streamlining source-of-wealth checks while maintaining AML safeguards
Cointelegraph: Binance rejects WSJ claims of $850M Iran-linked transactions tied to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani, calling them inaccurate and pre-sanctions
Teng called the reporting “fundamentally inaccurate,” saying that Binance never permitted transactions with sanctioned individuals and that any flagged activity occurred before those individuals were placed under US sanctions. He also claimed Binance had investigated the issues before the Journal contacted the company, and that facts it provided were not included in the story…
IDN Financials: Goldman Sachs to pay $500M to settle a class-action suit over alleged investor misrepresentation tied to the 1MDB scandal
The lawsuit claimed the bank downplayed its role in helping 1MDB raise funds while earning significant fees from the transactions, contributing to investor losses when the scandal was exposed. The settlement resolves the shareholder claims but is separate from earlier multi-billion-dollar penalties paid by Goldman to regulators over the same case…
BBC: Nigeria’s EFCC arrests former Power Minister after weeks in hiding, following his conviction and 75-year sentence for diverting billions of naira in funds meant for hydroelectric power projects
Mamman was found guilty on 12 counts involving the diversion of funds meant for hydroelectric power projects and was sentenced in absentia after failing to appear in court. Authorities said he was tracked down in Kaduna state after weeks of surveillance and intelligence gathering, marking a rare enforcement action in Nigeria’s fight against high-level corruption…
Politico: Spain’s National Court has charged former PM with ML and influence peddling, alleging he unlawfully benefited from €1.95M out of a €53M Covid-era bailout of Plus Ultra Airlines
Authorities reportedly raided his offices and related company premises, while investigators claim the funds were channelled through offshore structures in the UAE. He has been summoned to testify on 2 June as part of the ongoing probe…
Swissinfo: Monaco fines UBS Group AG €6M for repeated AML failures, citing long-standing weaknesses in due diligence, suspicious transaction reporting, and oversight of high-risk client structures
NL Times: ING settles a Belgian ML case for €1.6M over alleged failures to flag and report suspicious transactions linked to former EU Commissioner, exposing AML control weaknesses
Authorities criticised weaknesses in the bank’s AML controls, particularly around transaction monitoring and escalation of red flags over an extended period, although the settlement closes the case without an admission of wrongdoing, it underscores ongoing regulatory pressure on banks to strengthen detection systems and ensure timely reporting of suspicious activity…
A Reuters investigation alleges that a powerful Iranian political family secretly controls Nobitex, Iran’s largest crypto exchange, at the centre of a vast digital network linked to sanctioned financial flows
The exchange was founded by two brothers from the influential Kharrazi family, who reportedly used a different surname to hide their identity. Nobitex has grown into Iran’s dominant crypto platform, serving millions of users (over 10 million) and handling the majority of the country’s crypto transactions. Blockchain analysis and investigations indicate it has processed large volumes of transactions linked to…
KYPCNB: A Swiss court drops ML case against Uzbekistan’s former president’s daughter on procedural grounds, ending the long-running case without verdict despite serious corruption allegations
Karimova had been accused of running a criminal network known as “The Office,” allegedly involved in bribery and money laundering schemes that channelled hundreds of millions of dollars through Swiss accounts between 2005 and 2013. The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona ruled that Karimova could not participate in the trial because she is imprisoned in Uzbekistan and barred from leaving the country,…
24 Finance: Italy’s Central Bank ordered DeA Capital Real Estate SGR to strengthen AML controls, overhaul governance, and pause new retail fund launches after flagging elevated ML risks
1News: A New Zealand law firm has admitted serious AML/CFT breaches, revealing systemic failures in due diligence, risk controls, and reporting, and triggering regulatory enforcement action
The breaches included failures to conduct proper customer due diligence, inadequate risk assessments, poor record-keeping, and deficiencies in ongoing monitoring of client activity. Regulators also found that the firm failed to fully cooperate during parts of the supervisory review process, further aggravating compliance concerns…
Yahoo Finance: Deutsche Bank self-reported possible EU sanctions breaches after an internal review found Russia-linked deposits over €100,000, prompting regulatory notification and tighter controls
The issue was uncovered during routine monitoring of sanctions controls, where the bank flagged transactions that potentially fell within restricted exposure rules. In line with regulatory expectations, Deutsche Bank proactively reported the findings to relevant authorities rather than waiting for external enforcement action…