Financial Crime

Financial crime is defined as crime that is specifically committed against property. These crimes are almost always committed for the personal benefit of the criminal, and they involve an illegal conversion of ownership of the property that is involved.

(source: complyadvantage.com)

Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
July 10, 2024  |  Blockchain

Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA)...

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Two Former FTX Executives to Be Sentenced in October, November
Two Former FTX Executives to Be Sentenced in October, November
July 09, 2024  |  Legal

Two former FTX executives who testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s co-founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, now know when they will face sentencing hearings. Nishad Singh will be...

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Report: Interpol Scam Crackdown Puts Focus on Online Payments Security
Report: Interpol Scam Crackdown Puts Focus on Online Payments Security
July 09, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Interpol — short for the International Criminal Police Organization — may be familiar to readers as a staple of spy and action movies … where...

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Hawk Updates AI Platform to Enhance Financial Crime Detection
Hawk Updates AI Platform to Enhance Financial Crime Detection
July 03, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Hawk’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-financial crime platform now includes additional capabilities for spotting risk by identifying links between data points. The company’s new Entity Risk...

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DEA: Drug Traffickers Found Citi ‘Favorable’ for Money Laundering
DEA: Drug Traffickers Found Citi ‘Favorable’ for Money Laundering
July 01, 2024  |  AML

Federal investigators say drug traffickers laundered money through Citigroup, believing it had looser fraud measures. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (July 1), a...

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Singapore Says Banking Sector Is Top Money Laundering Risk
Singapore Says Banking Sector Is Top Money Laundering Risk
June 20, 2024  |  AML

Singapore has identified banks as the entities posing the greatest money laundering (ML) risk to the country. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is a...

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Hackers Increasing Pressure on Snowflake Customers to Make Ransom Payments
Hackers Increasing Pressure on Snowflake Customers to Make Ransom Payments
June 17, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers who targeted Snowflake customers are reportedly demanding ransom payments ranging from $300,000 to $5 million from as many as 10 breached companies. The hacking group, known...

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Hawk Adds New Funding Amid Demand for AI-Powered Crime Fighting
Hawk Adds New Funding Amid Demand for AI-Powered Crime Fighting
June 11, 2024  |  Investments

Hawk is raising funds to support increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-financial crime technology. The company on Tuesday (June 11) announced the extension of its Series B...

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DOJ Charges 2 With Money Laundering Around ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
DOJ Charges 2 With Money Laundering Around ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
May 17, 2024  |  Legal

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with leading a scheme to launder proceeds from cryptocurrency investment scams. The indictment, unsealed in the Central District of...

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