‘“Pig butchering,” called a “prominent virtual currency investment scam” by Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit, is the target of an alert issued Friday warning of the swindle by the agency. According to the Financial Crimes […]
A “concerning increase” in state and federal payroll tax evasion and workers’ compensation insurance fraud in residential and commercial real estate construction has led federal financial crime investigators to issue a notice to financial institutions, […]
Trend data from depository institutions’ suspicious activity report (SAR) filings to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that this year’s filings – more than 1 million through June – are on pace to exceed […]
The first-ever enforcement action against a trust company was announced Thursday by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN): a $1.5 million civil money penalty against The Kingdom Trust Company, over “willful violations” of the Bank […]
Calling attention to the growing use of check fraud schemes across the country, the Treasury’s top financial crimes unit Saturday issued an alert to all financial institutions warning them to be on the lookout for […]
Financial institutions and others have until Feb. 14 to submit their comments to Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit on a proposed rule that would govern “beneficial ownership information” (BOI) that they and others will need […]
Investments in U.S. real estate by Russian oligarchs and others sanctioned by the federal government are the focus of an alert issued Wednesday by the Treasury’s top financial crime unit. According to the Financial Crimes […]
Financial activity related to human smuggling along the southwest border of the U.S. is the subject of an alert including ‘red flag’ indicators on human smuggling issued Friday by the Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm. […]
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed on Russian oligarchs, high-ranking officials, and sanctioned officials over an eight-month period included 454 reports detailing “tens of billions of dollars in suspicious activity” since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion […]
Ransomware trends in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) filings from July to December 2021 showed growth in the number and severity of ransomware attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure since late 2020, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]
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