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Former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze Receives Reduced Sentence in Plea Deal

A high-profile criminal case involving former Georgian...

Singapore Moves to Strengthen Stablecoin Regulation Under Proposed Payment Services Act Amendments

Singapore is moving to formalise and strengthen...

Former Ecuador President Lenín Moreno Sentenced to Five Years in Prison in Sinohydro Bribery Case

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been...

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Former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze Receives Reduced Sentence in Plea Deal

A high-profile criminal case involving former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze has concluded with a plea agreement that significantly reduces his period of imprisonment...

Singapore Moves to Strengthen Stablecoin Regulation Under Proposed Payment Services Act Amendments

Singapore is moving to formalise and strengthen its regulatory framework for stablecoins, with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) publishing a consultation paper proposing...

Former Ecuador President Lenín Moreno Sentenced to Five Years in Prison in Sinohydro Bribery Case

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to five years in prison after an Ecuadorian court found him guilty of accepting bribes linked...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Charged Over Undeclared Assets

Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been charged with failing to fully declare his assets, making him the third former Malaysian prime...

Massachusetts State Representative Francisco Paulino Arrested in $700,000 COVID Fraud and Money-Laundering Caseption Case

Massachusetts State Representative Francisco Paulino has been arrested and charged with allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $700,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits and federally backed...

Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan Detained and Charged in New Corruption Case

Armenian state prosecutors have detained former President Robert Kocharyan and formally charged him with multiple corruption-related offences, opening a new legal battle involving one...

U.S. Treasury Expands Iran Sanctions to Digital Assets in Sweeping Economic Campaign

The United States has significantly expanded its sanctions framework targeting Iran, bringing the country’s digital-assets sector directly into the scope of a new campaign...

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Just Lost Its Teeth for US Companies. The Risk It Was Built to Catch Didn’t Go Anywhere.

Last week saw a truly seismic change in the Anti Money Laundering landscape. In the USA, FinCen announced that The Corporate Transparency Act no...

Liberia Charges Former Vice President in Transnational Drug Trafficking Investigation

Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged...

Former New Mexico Legislator Convicted in Federal Kickback Scheme Involving Public School Funds

A former high-ranking New Mexico Democratic legislator and public school administrator has been convicted on dozens of federal charges following a yearslong scheme in...

CTA Rollback: FinCEN Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting for U.S. Companies

The long-running debate over corporate ownership transparency in the United States has entered a decisive new phase, with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...

Synthetic Identities: When the Fraudster Stops Stealing People and Starts Inventing Them

The defining challenge for banks is shifting from “Is this information genuine?” to “Does this customer actually exist?” Synthetic identity fraud combines real and fabricated...

FinCEN Hits UBS Financial Services With Record $125 Million BSA Penalty

The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has imposed a $125 million civil money penalty on UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBSFS) for...

İstanbul Court Jails Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş in Expanding Corruption Probe

An İstanbul court has ordered the pretrial detention of Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş and three others as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, marking...

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