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The Latest OFSI Property and Related Services Threat Assessment

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The United Kingdom’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published a report detailing suspected breaches of UK financial sanctions involving UK property and related services firms since February 2022 and...more

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FinCEN Issues Proposed Reporting Form for Residential Real Estate Deals

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As we previously blogged, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers (“Final Rule”) regarding residential real estate. The Final Rule,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Jeopardy Question: Rates and Leaves -- Answer: What Are Things That Are Dropping?

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Designed to Combat Money-Laundering in Residential Real Estate Transactions: Money It’s a Gas, Grab That Cash With Both Hands and Make a Stash....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Designed to Combat Money-Laundering in Residential Real Estate Transactions: Money It’s a Gas, Grab That...

As part of an effort to combat money laundering in United States residential real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury (“FinCEN”) issued a final...more

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FinCEN Issues Final BSA Reporting Requirements for Residential Real Estate Deals

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On August 29, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers (“Final Rule”) regarding residential real estate.  The Federal Register...more

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FinCEN Proposes AML Compliance Obligations for Non-Financed Real Estate Transactions

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Following consideration of comments received from an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, on February 16, 2024, FinCEN issued a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that for the first time would require non-financed...more

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New York Targets Real Estate Owners in New LLC Transparency Law

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Riding a wave of ownership disclosure laws began with the passage of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), on December 22, 2023, Governor Hochul signed New York’s own “LLC Transparency Act” (the NY-LLCTA), passed by...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Acciones Clave GAFI Febrero 2024

El 02/23/24, el Grupo de Acción Financiera Internacional (GAFI o “FATF”), una entidad intergubernamental independiente que desarrolla políticas para la protección de nuestro sistema financiero global contra el lavado de...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

FATF Key Actions February 2024

On 2/23/24, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an independent inter-governmental entity that develops policies for protection of our global financial system from money laundering, terrorist financing and financing of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN's Proposed Streamlined SAR -- The Real Estate Report

On February 16, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a proposed rule addressing “Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers.” The proposed rule would, among other...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers

To crack down on money-laundering in the U.S. residential real estate market, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has proposed new reporting requirements for certain real estate transactions. Specifically, the...more

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FinCEN Proposes BSA Reporting Requirements for Residential Real Estate

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On February 16, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding residential real estate. The final version of the NPRM published in the Federal Register is 47...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Residential Real Estate Reporting Requirements

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On February 7, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on certain US residential real estate transactions (“2024 NPRM”). The 2024 NPRM...more

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FinCEN's Proposed New Rule to Increase Reporting Requirements in Residential Real Estate

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On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a new rule to increase reporting requirements for nonfinanced, entity-purchased residential real estate. FinCEN...more

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Enhancing Transparency in Real Estate: FinCEN's New Reporting Requirements for Non-Financed Transfers

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On February 7, 2024Real Estate Contract FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require certain professionals involved in real estate closings and settlements to report information to FinCEN about...more

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FinCEN Warns of Potential Sanction Evasion by Russian Entities Involved in U.S. Commercial Property Investments

On January 25, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an alert to financial institutions warning of the heightened risk of investment in commercial real estate by sanctioned Russian elites,...more

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FinCEN Alert Highlights Potential U.S. Commercial Real Estate Investments by Sanctioned Russian Elites and Their Proxies

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has recently issued an alert cautioning all financial institutions regarding potential investments in the U.S. commercial real estate (CRE) sector, by or on behalf of...more

A&O Shearman

Real Estate Investment in the Age of Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting

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On September 29, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its highly anticipated final Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting provisions (Final Rule), thereby...more

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Register of Overseas Entities – How to Ensure Overseas Entities Can Buy or Sell UK Real Estate

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On 1 August 2022, a new Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) was launched at Companies House pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (ECTEA). In a nutshell, any overseas entity wishing to buy,...more

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UK Real Estate Transactions With Overseas Entities

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On 1 August 2022, a new Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) was launched at Companies House pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (ECTEA). In a nutshell, any overseas entity wishing to buy,...more

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The new Economic Crime Bill: can it deliver on its promises?

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On March 1, 2022, the UK Government put forward the Economic Crime (Enforcement and Transparency) Bill. The stated aim of the legislation is to “crack down on dirty money in the UK and corrupt elites”, and it is designed to...more

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FinCEN Seeks Public Input to Reduce Vulnerability of Real Estate Market to Money Laundering

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) on Dec. 9, 2021, requesting public comment on ways to enhance the transparency of the domestic real estate market...more

The Volkov Law Group

The United States Strategy on Countering Corruption: Digging into the Anti-Corruption Initiatives (Part III of III)

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The new United States Strategy on Countering Corruption includes several important statements of interest to legal and compliance professionals.  ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Extends GTO Regarding Real Estate and Money Laundering

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To the surprise of no one, FinCEN announced today that it is extending the Geographic Targeting Order, or GTO, regarding real estate transactions....more

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U.K. Court Strikes Down “Unexplained Wealth Orders” By Parsing Facts and Making Value Judgments About Meaning of Corporate...

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A Court Ruling that May Resonate Across the Globe - The High Court in London recently struck down three “Unexplained Wealth Orders” that U.K. law enforcement had hoped would foil an alleged money laundering scheme by...more

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