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Deloitte to Pay Malaysia $80 Million in 1MDB-Related Settlement

Deloitte PLT agreed to a 324-million ringgit ($80 million) settlement with the Malaysian government to resolve all claims related to the firm’s audit of 1MDB and its former unit SRC International between 2011-2014. The payout is the largest 1MDB-related settlement by an audit firm in Southeast Asia, the Finance… Read More

France’s Prudential Regulator Fines ING Bank €3 Million for AML Lapses

ING Group’s unit in France will pay €3 million to address anti-money laundering (AML) and counterterrorism financing compliance shortcomings identified by the country’s prudential regulator. The banking group, which acknowledged the fine in a statement Tuesday, said the enforcement action stemmed from a 2018 inspection by the Autorité de Contrôle… Read More

Cyprus to lift veil of secrecy with register of company owners

Cyprus plans to launch a register in coming months identifying the owners of thousands of companies on the island, lifting a veil of secrecy on opaque and complex corporate structures that campaigners say can help criminals seeking to hide their loot. Details of thousands of companies domiciled on the island,… Read More

4th March 2021

Malaysia police investigating spouse of ex-central bank boss over 1MDB funds

Malaysian police said on Wednesday it was investigating the husband of the country’s former central bank head for allegedly receiving funds linked to 1MDB, a state fund at the centre of a massive corruption scandal. Malaysian and U.S authorities have said around $4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad… Read More

4th March 2021

The Billionaire Behind the Biggest U.S. Tax Fraud Case Ever Filed

More than 20 years ago, a group of former salesmen for Houston software entrepreneur Robert Brockman sued their old boss, claiming in court that he had deprived them of commissions by directing a portion of customer payments to a Cayman Islands entity. Mr. Brockman twice appealed to the Texas… Read More

4th March 2021

Singapore regulator tells banks to monitor Myanmar fund flows after coup

Singapore’s central bank has told financial firms to be vigilant to any suspicious transactions or fund flows between the city-state and Myanmar, a circular seen by Reuters showed, citing concerns over the potential for financial crimes. In the Feb 25th circular, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) reminded all chief… Read More

3rd March 2021

UAE’s Ministry of Economy unveils list of violations, fines for money laundering

The Ministry of Economy (MoE) has issued a list of 26 violations, in line with the cabinet resolution No. (16) of 2021 regarding the unified list of violations and administrative fines for the said violations of measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The violations relate to the activities… Read More

3rd March 2021

FinCEN Must Staff Up to Fulfill Reform Mandate, Director Says

The U.S. Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit is focused on acquiring the resources it needs to implement sweeping new anti-money-laundering reforms—in a way that doesn’t unnecessarily burden the financial industry, its director said. Putting into practice the anti-money-laundering legislation, which was passed in January as part of an annual… Read More

3rd March 2021

Ireland: Suspected ‘money mule’ arrested as part of operation into €1.1m fraud

A 22-year-old man who was arrested today is suspected of storing over €120,000 in his bank account which was stolen by an organised crime gang in a €1.1m fraud. The suspect who has been described as a “money mule” is the second young man to be arrested as part of… Read More

3rd March 2021

Real estate lawyers may have helped high rollers buy Vancouver homes like casino chips: inquiry

B.C. casino investigators probed real estate lawyers whom they had connected to private mortgages, organized crime and an alleged transnational money-laundering scheme, the province’s inquiry has heard. In testimony Tuesday at the Cullen Commission, Brad Rudnicki, a BC Lottery Corporation anti-money laundering intelligence specialist, said his investigations suggested… Read More

3rd March 2021

India: Hawala dealer got Rs 565 crore as cuts for laundering money

In one of the biggest money laundering cases registered by it so far, the Enforcement Directorate has started attachment of assets of people associated with main accused Naresh Jain, a hawala dealer. Jain and his associates earned Rs 565 crore just through… Read More

3rd March 2021

Germany Arrests Ten in Mega Operation Against Neo-Nazi Criminal Network Accused of Money Laundering

By Julett Pineda Sleinan, OCCRP, 2 March 2021 OCCRP — German police arrested eight people aged between 24 and 55 and searched dozens of premises throughout the country as part of a mega operation that targeted right-wing groups allegedly involved in drug and arms trafficking and money… Read More

3rd March 2021

Two Ecuadorians charged with money laundering in Miami that cost police pension millions

A money laundering trail totaling hundreds of millions of dollars that stretched from Latin America to South Florida has ended with corruption charges against a former Ecuadorian official and an investment manager once based in Miami. John Luzuriaga Aguinaga, 52, was arrested Monday on charges of accepting about $1.4 million… Read More

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Cyprus to lift veil of secrecy with register of company owners