Binance Was Used to Funnel Money to Hamas, Other Militant Groups November 22, 2023 By Allyson Versprille In February 2019, Binance Holdings Ltd.’s then-Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim acknowledged that the cryptocurrency exchange was being used to...
Tornado Cash Founders Charged by US in Money Laundering Scheme August 25, 2023 By Bob Van Voris and Allyson Versprille Two founders of Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing service that has been under scrutiny by various US agencies for more...
US Fed Fines Deutsche Bank $186M for Failing to Beef Up Money Laundering Controls July 20, 2023 By Pete Schroeder and Chris Prentice The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it fined Deutsche Bank and its U.S. affiliates $186 million for failing to sufficiently...
Panama Expects to Be Removed From Financial Crime Watch List in October July 6, 2023 By Valentine Hilaire Panama expects international financial-crime watchdog FATF to remove it this October from a watch list for nations deemed to be...
UBS Inherits Legacy of Legal Headaches From Credit Suisse May 3, 2023 By Hugo Miller When UBS Group AG integrates Credit Suisse Group AG in the coming months, the Swiss bank plans to run staff...
Santander Fined £108 Million by UK Watchdog for Lax Money-Laundering Controls December 9, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni and Jonathan Browning Santander UK Plc was fined £108 million ($132 million) by the UK financial watchdog over repeated anti-money laundering failures that...
Former Danske Bank CEO Cleared in $322M Investor Lawsuit November 8, 2022 Danske Bank’s former chief executive Thomas Borgen was cleared by a Danish court on Tuesday of any liability for shareholder...
Credit Suisse to Pay $234M to Settle French Tax, Money Laundering Case October 24, 2022 By Tangi Salaun Credit Suisse agreed to pay France 238 million euros ($234 million) to settle a tax fraud and money laundering case...
How Crypto Giant Binance Became a Hub for Hackers, Fraudsters and Drug Traffickers June 7, 2022 By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson BRATISLAVA – In September 2020, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus broke into a small Slovakian crypto exchange...
Australia’s Westpac Banking Fined A$113M for Multiple Compliance Breaches April 22, 2022 An Australian court ordered Westpac Banking Corp. to pay A$113 million ($82.92 million) in penalties for multiple compliance failures across...