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On August 18, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Request for Comment, inviting interested members of the public to provide input on innovative methods to detect and mitigate illicit finance risks involving digital...more
On November 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued FIN-2024-Alert004 to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued last month an in-depth report on check fraud stemming from mail theft (“Report”). This is a pernicious and expanding problem. The Report follows upon a joint alert...more
On September 8, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of Treasury (FinCEN) issued an alert warning financial institutions to be vigilant against a prominent virtual currency investment scam called...more
With the recent release of the “Pandora Papers,” renewed attention is focused on corporate ownership transparency. Earlier this year, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA was enacted to combat the...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) enacted in January 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act establishes new requirements that will mandate the disclosure and reporting to the United States Treasury...more
On May 4, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) issued a paper entitled “Covid-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing – Risk and Policy Responses (“Paper”). ...more
Growing Chinese illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities, and exposure are combining to increase illicit financing risk in the international financial system, judging from a series of recent advisories, sanctions actions,...more
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
Director Blanco Stresses Importance of BSA Filings to Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions - As we have blogged, Kenneth Blanco, the Director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), has publically and...more
According to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) states that the main focus for Financial Institution ought to be on the reporting of suspicious activities....more