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The U.S. Department of Justice issued a revised policy for Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP), with new guidance on how the DOJ will consider corporate procedures for employees’ business-related...more
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) last week issued revisions to the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy that incentivize companies to promptly self-disclose corporate misconduct, cooperate with the DOJ,...more
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A new memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, released on September 15 (Memorandum), represents one of the most comprehensive updates in years to the approach of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in...more
In Related Case, Federal Court Holds that Bitcoin-to-Bitcoin “Tumbler” Can Represent “Money Transmission”
On April 27, IRS CI and FBI Special Agents arrested Roman Sterlingov, a dual citizen of Russia and Sweden, for his...more
Related Money Laundering Case Relying on ATM Cash-Outs and BEC Schemes Also Unsealed -
On February 17, the Department of Justice unsealed a sprawling indictment against three members of North Korea’s military intelligence...more
On August 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia kept in place $50,000-per-day fines on three Chinese banks—whose identities are redacted—for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Department of...more
8/9/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Patriot Act ,
Subpoenas
On August 29, the Wall Street Journal reported (paywall) a story that other news outlets later have picked up: the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is investigating whether Jho Low, a Malaysian businessman at the center of the...more
Under Internal Revenue Code section 7609(f), the IRS may issue a “John Doe” administrative summons to discover the identities of unknown taxpayers. A “John Doe” summons can be a powerful enforcement tool because it allows the...more
2/7/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
John Doe Investigation ,
Money Laundering ,
Summons ,
Swiss Banks ,
Tax Evasion ,
Technology ,
Virtual Currency