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Investigations Newsletter: Co-Founder and Accountant of Leading Special Needs Trusts Charged in $100 Million Alleged Fraud Scheme

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Earlier this week, the government unsealed an indictment against Leo Joseph Govoni, the co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Special Needs Trust Administration (CSNT), and John Leo Witeck, an accountant for CSNT, charging...more

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Lucy Frew FinTech column October 2024

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What are the latest regulatory developments concerning the FinTech sector? The Law Commission’s supplemental report on digital assets as personal property (report), the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill and the recent...more

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Key Concerns for Trusts and Estates Pertaining to the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), passed into law on January 1, 2021 in an effort to crack down on money laundering and other financial crimes, requires certain entities to report their beneficial owners to the federal...more

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Guernsey's civil forfeiture regime – the 2022 update and recent case law

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In 2016 Moneyval issued an evaluation report on the Bailiwick of Guernsey. This commented favourably upon the Island's regulatory framework and compliance regime, but also noted the "relatively limited number of cases...more

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An Update on the UK Trust Registration Service

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On 6 October 2020, the Fifth Money Laundering Directive ((EU) 2018/843) (MDL5)) was implemented to reinforce the United Kingdom’s money laundering regime. This had the effect of tremendously broadening the scope of the types...more

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FinCEN Seeks Guidance on Applying CTA Reporting Obligations to Trusts and Estates

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires corporations, limited liability companies and other similar entities to disclose beneficial ownership information to the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more

A&O Shearman

Pandora Papers Fallout: Proposed US Legislation Targets “Enablers” of Money Laundering

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The release of the Pandora Papers, a leak of approximately 12 million documents, exposed how foreign leaders and private actors use tax havens to conceal their wealth, with the United States a destination of choice. For...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trust Registration Service: Who Is Affected?

The Fourth Money Laundering Directive ((EU) 2015/849) (MLD4) was implemented in the United Kingdom as a result of The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulation 2017 (SI...more

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New German Money Laundering Act Introduces Beneficial Ownership Register (Transparenzregister)

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The Background: As part of the implementation of the European Anti-Money Laundering Directive (EU Directive 2015/849), a new German Money Laundering Act has come into effect....more

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