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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

Global Financial and Economic Crime Outlook: Introducing the Secretariat Economic Crime Index 2025

Secretariat on 4/10/2025

The global financial landscape is under siege by increasingly sophisticated financial and economic crimes. Money laundering, fraud, corruption, and market abuse pose ever-growing risks, compounded by rapid advancements in AI,...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

FinCEN Issues Alert for Financial Institutions on Red Flags for “Pig Butchering” Schemes

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/13/2023

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

Privacy Tip #316 – Dabbling in Crypto? Be Wary of Rug Pulls

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/28/2022

It’s very hard to keep up with digital and crypto lingo. But if you are dabbling in crypto, you need to know about rug pulls. What is a rug pull you ask? According to blogger Migi Delfin, “A rug pull is a fraud scheme that...more

FinCEN Announces Anti-Money Laundering Priorities

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/19/2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued its government-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) priorities (AML/CFT priorities). FinCEN issued the AML/CFT...more

[Webinar] Ask an Expert FINQuiry on High-Risk Banking - May 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am ET

K2 Integrity on 5/19/2021

Join DOLFIN on Thursday, 27 May 2021, at 10 AM ET for DOLFIN’s “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar, for a discussion with K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance professionals on the impact of ongoing developments in the...more

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