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US Corporate Governance — 2025 Midyear Review

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 7/8/2025

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule in March 2025 that removes requirements for US companies to report beneficial ownership information under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – June 2025 # 3

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/18/2025

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Navigating FinCEN’s Actions on Huione Group: Strengthening Defenses Against Money Laundering

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/6/2025

On May 1, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Huione Group, a foreign financial institution located in Cambodia. This proposal, enacted under...more

What is the new EU AML regime?

Hogan Lovells on 4/15/2025

The Single Rulebook is intended to be a single source of AML/CTF regulation that will be applied uniformly in all member states across the EU. This will be achieved primarily through the new AML Regulation, which will be...more

Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Risk Still Remains for Virtual Asset Services Providers

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/7/2025

Despite the Trump administration’s generally favorable stance toward cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation, virtual asset services providers (VASPs) must remain vigilant in complying with anti-money laundering (AML)...more

The Bybit Hack of 2025 — Potential Implications

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/14/2025

On February 21, 2025, Dubai-based Bybit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a massive security breach, resulting in the loss of approximately $1.5 billion in Ethereum (ETH). The incident, which is...more

Blockchain Analysis and Related Expert Testimony Admissible In Criminal Trial

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/19/2024

It is challenging for law enforcement to track down and trace illicit activities conducted through digital currencies. The process can be very time- and resource-intensive. Further, securing charges and arrests, and...more

The Basel AML Index: Forfeiture, Non-Profits, Crypto, and More. A Guest Blog.

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/22/2024

Today we are very pleased to welcome, once again, guest blogger Dr. Kateryna Boguslavska of the Basel Institute on Governance (“Basel Institute”), who will discuss the Basel Institute’s release of the 12th annual Public...more

Hamas, Terrorist Financing, and Cryptocurrency

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/8/2023

The October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas have re-focused U.S. government efforts to identify and counter funding streams for Hamas and terrorist activity in general – including, in particular, through the use of...more

DOJ Relies on Traditional Statutes To Charge Defendants in Cryptoasset Fraud Cases

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/1/2023

Two recent indictments highlight the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) continuing use of the traditional wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft statutes to pursue fraud involving digital assets, indicating that law...more

[Event] 22nd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime - June 7th - 8th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/22/2023

AML compliance for reporting entities has never been of greater critical importance than it is today. With the growing sophistication of criminals and the methods and technologies that they employed, combined with the...more

NFTs Used to Serve Complaint; Treasury Official, SEC Chairman Address Crypto Compliance; NYAG Sues Crypto Exchange; DOJ Takes Down...

BakerHostetler on 3/20/2023

NFT Integration Software Released; NFTs Used to Serve Complaint in Civil Action - According to a recent press release, a major U.S. software company has launched a suite of tools that will allow users to “enter the Web3 and...more

In the First Use of Its Section 9714 Powers, the U.S. Treasury Designated Bitzlato as a Russian-Linked Primary Money Laundering...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/7/2023

On January 17, 2023, U.S. law enforcement authorities in Miami arrested Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the founder and majority owner of Hong Kong-based virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd., on charges of money...more

Top NFT-Related Cybersecurity, Phishing, Hacking and Other Risks in 2022

BakerHostetler on 10/27/2022

The continued growth of the market for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in 2022 has helped shape the zeitgeist of what has been referenced colloquially by some as the “fourth industrial revolution,” defined largely by network effect...more

U.S. Authorities Amplify Enforcement Efforts to Address Financial Crime Risks in the Digital Asset Industry

K2 Integrity on 10/26/2022

The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more

Blockchain Game Developers and FinCEN: When are State Money Transmission Laws Applicable?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/4/2022

The rising prevalence of crypto and virtual currencies has invited the scrutiny of several regulatory bodies who continue to grapple with the unique challenges posed by blockchain technology, FinCEN being one prime example....more

New York Fines Crypto Trading Platform $30M In First-Ever DFS Crypto Settlement

A&O Shearman on 8/17/2022

On August 2, 2022, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced that Robinhood Crypto, LLC (“RHC”), a trading platform that allows customers to transact in cryptocurrencies, had agreed to pay a $30...more

Rise of Financial Crime in the NFT Market Elicits New Scrutiny from Regulators

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 7/29/2022

With the enduring popularity of certain NFTs and the promise of their use in the Metaverse and beyond, the hype around the new technology has been accompanied by rising concerns over NFTs being the centerpiece of traditional...more

US DOJ Responds to Biden Executive Order on Digital Assets

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/5/2022

On March 9, 2022, President Joseph Biden issued Executive Order 14067, which charged the Department of Justice (in consultation with the Departments of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security) to submit a report on how to...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Saturday, July 2, 2022

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/5/2022

Major Developments- Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses...more

[Virtual Event] NFTs and Web3: Compliance and Cybersecurity | Women in FinTech Networking Series - June 28th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm...

McDermott Will & Schulte on 6/9/2022

To find community, resources and support to help accelerate your career and fuel your success, we invite you to join us for our Women in FinTech Networking Series, bringing together senior women across the FinTech industry....more

Sanctions Against Russia: Understanding the Evolving Picture and How to Respond

K2 Integrity on 5/9/2022

...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more

Cryptocurrency as Sanctions Circumvention: Crisis? Canard? TBD?

BCLP on 3/16/2022

Much has been written and spoken in the past weeks about Russia’s potentially using cryptocurrency to evade the raft of international sanctions imposed on the country due to its ongoing actions in Ukraine. U.S. Department of...more

FBI Announces Increased Focus on Illegal Financial Transactions Involving Cryptocurrency

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/15/2022

Cryptocurrency has increasingly become an accepted form of financial exchange. However, it has also become a favored form of payment for cyber criminals. In an effort to deter the use of cryptocurrencies in furtherance of...more

Sound the Alarm: DOJ’s New Criminal and Civil Tools to Combat Crypto-Cyber Threats Should Prompt Investment in Cyber Compliance

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/28/2021

As a strong signal that it intends to increase its focus on illicit crypto transactions, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of an enforcement team, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (“NCET”),...more

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