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German regulator examines auditor EY over Wirecard accounts

The German body in charge of regulating auditors is examining the work of EY, the auditor that approved the books of collapsed payment services firm Wirecard, the German Economy Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said Auditors’ Regulator (Apas) had upgraded a preliminary investigation that had been running since October… Read More

Wirecard processed payments for Maltese casino linked to ’Ndrangheta: FT

Wirecard processed transactions for a Malta-based online casino that was later found to have laundered funds for the ’Ndrangheta mafia organisation, the Financial Times reported Monday. Italian courts determined that the gaming company, Malta-based CenturionBet, was used by an arm of the ’Ndrangheta to launder millions of euros in criminal… Read More

Falling foul of anti-money laundering laws results in multi-million dollar fines for Kiwi companies

Abandoned offices generally leave telltale clues about their previous occupants. But not Unit 2, 110 Mandeville St, in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton, wedged between counselling rooms and a private education business. Peering through the locked glass door of the office reveals emptiness framed by a swathe of bare carpet… Read More

29th July 2020

Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Former Prime Minister, Found Guilty in Money Laundering Trial

A Malaysian court on Tuesday found Najib Razak, the country’s former prime minister, guilty of corruption on charges stemming from the disappearance of $4.5 billion from a government investment fund he once controlled. The trial, the first of several related to the pilfering of funds from the 1 Malaysia… Read More

28th July 2020

Senior employee at Mastercard was ‘involved in money laundering’

A Mastercard executive allegedly was involved in a money-laundering operation at a bank accused of terrorist financing and organised crime that had links to Wirecard, the disgraced German payments group. A report commissioned by the owners of FBME Bank in Cyprus uncovered evidence of apparent criminal activity, including an… Read More

27th July 2020

The Master Identity Thief: How Dartanyon Williams Stole Millions by the Age of 23

By the time Dartanyon Williams was 15-years-old, he was already an identity thief. At 19, he had begun to recruit accomplices twice his age to help build a criminal enterprise that ultimately netted him $3.1 million before his eventual arrest. What had begun as rudimentary payment card fraud using his father’s… Read More

24th July 2020

Fake businesses are fooling real banks into processing online drug purchases

One website advertised dog products. Another advertised flowers; another, home decorations. All of them were really fronts to process payments for marijuana or designer drugs, prosecutors said. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have recently brought a string of criminal and civil cases accusing individuals and companies of… Read More

23rd July 2020

New Zealand: Two companies fined $7.5 million for breaching money laundering laws

Two remittance companies have been fined a total of $7.5 million for breaching laws to prevent money laundering. The Auckland High Court has fined Auckland-based OTT Trading Group Ltd $3.1m and Christchurch-based MSI Group Ltd $4.4m. The penalties resulted from civil proceedings by the Department of Internal Affairs taken under… Read More

23rd July 2020

How London became Russians’ laundromat, no questions asked

Britain has left it too late to untangle the web of Russian influence that permeates the upper ranks of the political and business establishment, the Russia report claims. Wealthy and powerful Russians — some linked to President Putin, others who have fled his regime — are deeply entrenched in… Read More

22nd July 2020

Pakistan: Cabinet set to hike money laundering fine

The cabinet, in its meeting scheduled for Tuesday, is set to give the go-ahead for a massive increase up to Rs100 million in fine on offenders involved in money laundering in a bid to implement the action plan agreed with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Draft amendments to the… Read More

20th July 2020

Zimbabwe accuses biggest phone company of money laundering

Zimbabwe’s police have accused Econet Wireless Ltd., the country’s dominant mobile phone company, of money laundering, demanded a list of its subscribers and issued a search warrant against it. The move escalates a clash between the government and company whose money transfer service facilitates the bulk of transactions in the… Read More

17th July 2020

How Germany’s BaFin Dismissed a Decade of Warnings About Wirecard

Germany’s top financial supervisor received detailed warnings about deceptive financial practices at Wirecard AG starting in 2008 but repeatedly declined to investigate the allegations, turning instead against the accusers. Over more than a decade, investors, U.S. authorities, journalists and people close to the company warned of possible fraudulent accounting… Read More

10th July 2020

Germany Probes Possible Money Laundering by Wirecard Executives

German prosecutors are looking into possible money laundering by executives at Wirecard AG, adding to ongoing probes related to potential fraud and fake accounting at the insolvent payments firm. A spokeswoman for the Munich public prosecutor said it was conducting several legal cases related to possible money laundering… Read More

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