Last week, a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted two former Venezuelan officials, charging them with seven counts of money laundering and one count of money-laundering conspiracy. The charges relate to...more
7/3/2019
/ Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
Venezuela ,
White Collar Crimes
Authorities Begin to Focus on Individual Responsibility -
This week, Danish prosecutors charged Thomas Borgen, the former chief executive officer of Danske Bank, for his involvement in the money laundering scandal arising...more
Earlier this month, the District Court for the Central District of California imposed a prison sentence of one year and a day, with three years of supervised release, on defendant Theresa Lynn Tetley, who had pleaded guilty...more
7/24/2018
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Bitcoin ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Darknet ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Instruments ,
FinCEN ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Services Business ,
Money Transmitter ,
Registration Requirement ,
Statutory Violations ,
Virtual Currency
FinCEN recentlty announced entry of a $2 million assessment against Lone Star National Bank, a private bank operating out of Texas, for the bank’s allegedly willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and inadequate...more
11/8/2017
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Correspondent Banking ,
Mexico ,
Patriot Act ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)