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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of... more +
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -
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What Private Companies and Family Offices Need to Consider in 2025

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Across all industries, private companies, family offices, and their owners and management teams face rapidly evolving challenges, opportunities, and risks in the dynamic environment that is 2025. Here are 11 issues that...more

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The CTA Strikes Back

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Following a cascade of developments, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back, but with some potential changes on the horizon. Most reporting companies that have not yet filed all required reports under the CTA should...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Remain Paused Despite Supreme Court Order

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On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled on McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., granting the Government’s application to stay the injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) initially ordered by...more

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Virginia Community Associations and the Corporate Transparency Act: New Federal Reporting Requirements Effective January 1, 2024 -...

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Updated 4.9.24 - We will continue to monitor developments.  Stay tuned for updates. Original Article: Effective January 1, 2024, most Virginia community associations will be required to comply with the federal Corporate...more

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Hospitality Alert: Quick Facts on the Corporate Transparency Act

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Whether you are a hotel owner, operator, or developer, or anyone who has an interest in an LLC, corporation, or limited partnership, you should be aware of your new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act...more

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National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2021: Landmark AML Reforms Pass Congress

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In the most consequential update to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) since the 2001 passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, the United States Congress on 11 December passed a wide-ranging bill that broadens and updates the BSA and the U.S....more

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Shell Company Update: Congress and FATF Target Beneficial Ownership

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U.S. House Passes Corporate Transparency Act; FATF Issues Guidance on Identifying Entities’ Beneficial Owners - First Post in a Two-Post Series on Beneficial Ownership - As we often blog, the issue of the beneficial...more

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Lawmakers Renew Effort to Overhaul AML Laws, Including Greater Beneficial Ownership Transparency

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The Issue of Who Truly Runs and Owns Entities Contines to Gnaw at Congress and Law Enforcement - First Post in a Two-Post Series on the ILLICIT CASH Act - On June 10, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate...more

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Senate Committee Hears from OCC, FinCEN and FBI on Risks Posed by Anonymous Corporate Structures

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Testimony Supports Bill Requiring States to Collect Beneficial Ownership Information at Entity Formation - As we have blogged, the proposed Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (the “Act”) seeks to ensure that persons who...more

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More on AML Reform: Artificial Intelligence, Beneficial Ownership and Real Estate

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Second Post in a Two-Part Series - In our first post in this series, we described how the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Banking Committee”) met in open session late last week to conduct a...more

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Beneficial Ownership Provision Stripped from Latest Draft of Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act

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Critics Bemoan Removal of Potential Weapon Against Shell Companies - Last week, and on the eve of a scheduled markup of the original bill in the House Financial Services Committee, a new draft of the Counter Terrorism and...more

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New Legislation Introduced in 2017 Signals the Beginning of a Strong Push for AML Reform

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There is universal acknowledgement that anti-money laundering (“AML”) monitoring has become progressively costlier (both in terms of time and money) since the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) was passed nearly five decades ago, and...more

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Congress Proposes National Directory of Beneficial Owners of Legal Entities

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Congress is considering a new draft bill, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (“CTIFA”), currently in committee in the Senate.  The CTIFA proposes the most substantial overhaul to the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) since...more

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