Financial Crime

Financial crime is defined as crime that is specifically committed against property. These crimes are almost always committed for the personal benefit of the criminal, and they involve an illegal conversion of ownership of the property that is involved.

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Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
October 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Halloween comes early this year as we delve into a slew of grisly facts about financial crime in our latest Data Drivers. Losses amount to...

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ
LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ
October 01, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

On Friday (Sept. 30), LendingClub officially closed the door on a two-year chapter in its corporate history that its current board and founding team would...

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Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
September 28, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

For years, law enforcement has feared that bitcoin could make money laundering easier. And now, in a new analysis of 2,500 suspected crypto crimes that made...

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US Examines Alleged Danske Bank Money Laundering
US Examines Alleged Danske Bank Money Laundering
September 14, 2018  |  Banking

In the latest salvo of cross-border probes over money laundering, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Sept. 14) that U.S. law enforcement agencies are examining...

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Judge Says US Securities Law Applies To Crypto Fraud Cases
Judge Says US Securities Law Applies To Crypto Fraud Cases
September 12, 2018  |  Legal

A federal judge has ruled that prosecutors can move forward with a case against a man accused of defrauding investors in two cryptocurrencies. According to...

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Denmark Wants To Toughen Up Money Laundering Fines
Denmark Wants To Toughen Up Money Laundering Fines
September 11, 2018  |  International

Denmark is working on new legislation that will increase money laundering fines by about eightfold. According to Bloomberg, the new bill by the Danish Financial Supervisory...

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EC Eyes Greater Enforcement Over Money Laundering
EC Eyes Greater Enforcement Over Money Laundering
September 10, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The European Commission is crafting a proposal aimed at giving the European Banking Authority more enforcement powers and resources to go after banks that are...

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ECB Wants ‘Single Agency’ For AML Enforcement
ECB Wants ‘Single Agency’ For AML Enforcement
September 07, 2018  |  Europe

Following scandals at European lenders, the European Central Bank (ECB) wants the European Union (EU) to step up enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) rules. To...

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DOJ Probes Wells’ Wholesale Banking Ops
DOJ Probes Wells’ Wholesale Banking Ops
September 06, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Add another investigation to the roster of headlines swirling around Wells Fargo. As The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Sept. 6), the Justice Department...

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