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Treasury Opens Public Consultation on GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules
The United States Department of the Treasury has taken its next step towards regulating payment stablecoins by publishing an Advance...

OpusDatum
Sep 181 min read
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UK National Charged Over Money Laundering & Global Cybercrime Spree Linked to Scattered Spider
A UK national has been charged in relation to an international cyber extortion scheme that allegedly saw criminals launder tens of...

OpusDatum
Sep 182 min read
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FCA Seeks Feedback on New Standards for UK Crypto Firms
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on proposals to establish minimum standards for crypto firms operating...

OpusDatum
Sep 171 min read
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CEO of Georgia Company Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Case
A federal jury in Miami has convicted Carl Alan Zaglin, the 70-year-old owner and chief executive of Atlanco LLC, for his role in a...

OpusDatum
Sep 152 min read
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The Crypto Mirage: Why Tokenisation & Stablecoins Are Not the Future of UK Financial Services
For the past decade, blockchain, tokenisation and stablecoins have been paraded as the future of finance. They are often described as...

Elizabeth Travis
Sep 125 min read
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Debtor Behind $12.5 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme Denied Bankruptcy Protection
A Texas man who ran a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme has been denied a bankruptcy discharge worth more than $12.5 million,...

OpusDatum
Sep 102 min read
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Ukrainian Ransomware Administrator Charged over LockerGoga, MegaCortex & Nefilim Attacks
A Ukrainian national has been charged in New York for serving as an administrator in three notorious ransomware schemes — LockerGoga,...

OpusDatum
Sep 92 min read
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California Man Jailed for Money Laundering $36.9 Million in Global Digital Asset Scam
A California man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for laundering more than $36.9 million stolen from American investors...

OpusDatum
Sep 82 min read
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OFSI Publishes Sanctions Breach Report on Vanquis Bank Limited
OFSI has published a disclosure report against Vanquis Bank Limited for breaches of the Counter-Terrorism Sanctions EU Exit Regulations...

OpusDatum
Sep 82 min read
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FinCEN Issues Notice: Financially Motivated Sextortion Classified as Bribery
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a Notice classifying financially motivated sextortion as a...

OpusDatum
Sep 82 min read
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FinCEN’s Modified Geographic Targeting Order Strengthens US Border Anti-Money Laundering Controls
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has reissued a modified Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed at disrupting cartel...

OpusDatum
Sep 82 min read
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Too Fast to Catch? Rethinking AML for the Real-Time Payments Era
Real-time payments (RTP) have rapidly become a defining feature of modern banking. With systems like the UK’s Faster Payments, the EU’s...

Elizabeth Travis
Sep 55 min read
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