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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FBI Agent Allegedly Admits to $1 Million Crypto Theft

FBI Agent Allegedly Admits to $1 Million Crypto Theft
FBI Agent Allegedly Admits to $1 Million Crypto Theft
August 04, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

An FBI agent has allegedly turned himself in for stealing roughly $1 million in cryptocurrency. Patrick Steven Yaroch had contacted a Department of Justice (DOJ) employee last week and...

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Binance Law Enforcement Cooperation Policy Frustrates Police
Binance Law Enforcement Cooperation Policy Frustrates Police
July 28, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Binance has reportedly changed its law enforcement-cooperation policy, leaving police frustrated with the cryptocurrency exchange. As the New York Times (NYT) reported Tuesday (July 28), Binance had been...

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Stablecoin Firm Triple-A Suffers $11.8 Million Theft of Assets
Stablecoin Firm Triple-A Suffers $11.8 Million Theft of Assets
July 27, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Singapore-based stablecoin payments company Triple-A suffered a weekend security breach that affected its company assets. The incident, which happened Saturday (July 25) and was announced...

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Feds Move to Seize $25 Million in Crypto From Scammers
Feds Move to Seize $25 Million in Crypto From Scammers
July 22, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Federal authorities hope to recover $25 million in cryptocurrency connected to romance/investment scam investigations. The Justice Department (DOJ) announced Tuesday (July 21) it had filed...

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Block Pays $45 Million to Settle 46-State Probe Into Cash App Fraud Protection and Resolution
Block Pays $45 Million to Settle 46-State Probe Into Cash App Fraud Protection and Resolution
July 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Block will pay $45 million to settle allegations from 46 states that the company misled consumers about the safety of its peer-to-peer payments app, Cash App, and failed to...

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Quantifind Secures $200 Million to Scale AI-Native Risk Intelligence Platform
Quantifind Secures $200 Million to Scale AI-Native Risk Intelligence Platform
June 26, 2026  |  Investments

Quantifind has secured a $200 million growth investment to accelerate the international expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI)-native risk intelligence platform for financial crime prevention....

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AI Forces Compliance Teams to Rethink Alert Strategy
AI Forces Compliance Teams to Rethink Alert Strategy
June 25, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Financial crime compliance programs are a game of alerts. Or at least they used to be in the pre-AI era, when compliance teams operated on...

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Lawmakers Want AML Rules to Target Bigger Threats
Lawmakers Want AML Rules to Target Bigger Threats
June 17, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Two lawmakers have asked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to ensure that reducing unnecessary compliance burdens and prioritizing high-risk financial crimes in its enforcement...

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