Bank Secrecy Act

DOJ Asks Congress for Tools to Limit NFT Money-Laundering Risk
DOJ Asks Congress for Tools to Limit NFT Money-Laundering Risk
September 22, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Down at the very bottom of the crypto crime report the Justice Department issued last week was a request that could make it a lot...

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DOJ Seeks to Double Jail Time for Money Transmission Crimes
DOJ Seeks to Double Jail Time for Money Transmission Crimes
September 20, 2022  |  Regulation

Buried in the U.S. Department of Justice’s crypto crime report last week was a call for Congress to double the criminal penalties for any unlicensed...

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Report: Feds Investigate Binance Over Bank Secrecy Violations
Report: Feds Investigate Binance Over Bank Secrecy Violations
September 01, 2022  |  Regulation

Federal authorities are investigating whether cryptocurrency exchange Binance violated the Bank Secrecy Act. That’s according to a Thursday (Sept. 1) Reuters report, which noted that...

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Deep Dive: Why AML/KYC Regulations Left Cryptocurrency Exchanges With A Difficult Choice
Deep Dive: Why AML/KYC Regulations Left Cryptocurrency Exchanges With A Difficult Choice
February 19, 2021  |  AML

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is currently one of the most dynamic trends in the financial space, with more than 5,000 different cryptocurrencies in circulation as of...

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Bitcoin Daily: BitMEX Execs Charged With Violating Bank Secrecy Act; Talent Network Braintrust Lands $18M For DeFi Approach To Freelancing
Bitcoin Daily: BitMEX Execs Charged With Violating Bank Secrecy Act; Talent Network Braintrust Lands $18M...
October 01, 2020  |  Bitcoin

BitMEX’s founders and its first employee were charged with contravening the Bank Secrecy Act and conspiring to violate the act, according to a Thursday (Oct....

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ADP: Pandemic Prompts Firms To Replace Checks With Pay Cards
ADP: Pandemic Prompts Firms To Replace Checks With Pay Cards
June 29, 2020  |  Digital Payments

The pandemic has spurred businesses — by necessity — to use digital means to interact with their employees and to keep operations humming. And the...

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FinCEN Reminds FIs To Watch For Fraud During COVID-19 Crisis
FinCEN Reminds FIs To Watch For Fraud During COVID-19 Crisis
April 03, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Three weeks after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance to financial institutions (FIs) on COVID-19, the division of the U.S. Department of the...

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Ex-US Bank Risk Officer Fined Over AML Compliance
Ex-US Bank Risk Officer Fined Over AML Compliance
March 04, 2020  |  AML

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined Michael LaFontaine, former chief operational risk officer at U.S. Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, with a...

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FinCEN Director: Bankers, Lawyers Provide Valuable Information To Deter Crime
FinCEN Director: Bankers, Lawyers Provide Valuable Information To Deter Crime
December 10, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth A. Blanco told bankers and lawyers at a conference Dec. 10 that the information they report provides important...

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