Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Hampshire FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Two Keene Residents Charged In Superseding Indictment With Additional Charges Related to Virtual Currency Exchange Business CONCORD – A federal grand jury returned a 33-count superseding indictment on […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 4, 2022 United States Forfeits Millions in Cryptocurrency Used to Launder Illicit Dark Web Proceeds Miami, Florida – In one of the largest cryptocurrency forfeiture actions ever filed by the United States, federal prosecutors in […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Texas Man Sentenced in Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Conspiracy TYLER, Texas – An Irving man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 10, 2022 Two Indicted in East Texas Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Scheme TYLER, Texas –A 75-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man have been indicted for their roles in a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme in the Eastern […]
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Joint statement from UK financial regulatory authorities on sanctions and the cryptoasset sector Statements First published: 11/03/2022 Last updated: 11/03/2022 Share page The UK, in partnership with our allies across the globe, has imposed an unprecedented package of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 24, 2022 Founders Of Cryptocurrency Exchange Plead Guilty To Bank Secrecy Act Violations Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo Designed BitMex as a Platform to Flout U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Rules Damian Williams, the United States […]
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Select Red Flag Indicators A customer’s transactions are initiated from or sent to the following types of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses: non-trusted sources; locations in Russia, Belarus, FATF-identified jurisdictions with AML/CFT/CP deficiencies,19 and comprehensively sanctioned jurisdictions; or IP addresses previously flagged as suspicious. A customer’s transactions are connected to CVC […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency Government Seized $3.6 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency Directly Linked to 2016 Hack of Virtual Currency Exchange Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan […]
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Updates to guidance on FINTRAC’s website We wish to inform all reporting entities subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and associated Regulations of recent updates to the following guidance on FINTRAC’s website: Reporting large virtual currency transactions (LVCTRs) to FINTRAC In September 2021, […]
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Publication of Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry and Updated Frequently Asked Questions Release date10/15/2021Body The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing an industry-specific brochure, “Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry,” as a resource to help members of the […]
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