We blogged last year about the Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extending Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)...more
7/25/2025
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
U.S. Treasury
A Gesture Providing Limited Solace to a Now-Defunct Bank -
Six years ago, in early 2018, we blogged about the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN’s”) designation of ABLV Bank, AS...more
In United States v. An, et al., 22-cr-640 (KAM) (E.D.N.Y. May 7, 2024), the Eastern District of New York recently addressed and rejected an argument by defendants that Ciminelli v. United States required dismissal of money...more
We previously blogged on the lawsuit filed by the National Small Business Association (“NSBA”) and one of its individual members, which sought to challenge the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Most...more
In February 2022, we blogged on the seizure of a record $3.6 billion in stolen Bitcoin (“BTC”) and an accompanying criminal complaint, charging husband and wife Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan with...more
8/17/2023
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Money Laundering ,
Plea Agreements
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, both recently issued reports addressing worrisome trends in technology-assisted financial fraud. The reports to engage the financial services...more
8/2/2019
/ Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Identity Theft ,
Innovative Technology ,
Know Your Customers ,
Money Laundering ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Vulnerability Assessments
As we have blogged, there is perplexing, significant and ongoing uncertainty regarding just how federal criminal and Bank Secrecy Act laws will be – or will not be – enforced against financial institutions providing banking...more