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.

(source: complyadvantage.com)

CFPB Sues Strategic Financial Solutions Over Alleged Fee Collection
CFPB Sues Strategic Financial Solutions Over Alleged Fee Collection
January 19, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Friday (Jan. 19) that it has launched a lawsuit against Strategic Financial Solutions (SFS), charging it with running an...

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Crypto Firms Fined $5.8 Billion in 2023 For Loose Financial Controls
Crypto Firms Fined $5.8 Billion in 2023 For Loose Financial Controls
January 09, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency and FinTech companies were fined $5.8 billion in 2023 for lax financial controls. That figure marks the first time fines against these groups exceed...

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Canada Taps AI as Suspected Money Laundering Efforts Spike
Canada Taps AI as Suspected Money Laundering Efforts Spike
January 08, 2024  |  AML

Canada is reportedly upping its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to combat money laundering. Donna Achimov, deputy director of the country’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis...

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Payments Experts: G20 Faster Payments Goals Could Foster Financial Crime
Payments Experts: G20 Faster Payments Goals Could Foster Financial Crime
January 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Will the G20’s campaign for faster payments have unintended negative consequences? A new report by the U.K.’s Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) said plans to make...

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UK Payment Service Providers Unlikely to Challenge Reimbursement for APP Fraud
UK Payment Service Providers Unlikely to Challenge Reimbursement for APP Fraud
December 21, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Payment service providers are reportedly unlikely to challenge the claims that victims of authorized push payment (APP) fraud make under a soon-to-be-implemented rule in the...

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DOJ Cracks Down on Use of ‘Microtransactions’ to Conceal Fraud
DOJ Cracks Down on Use of ‘Microtransactions’ to Conceal Fraud
December 15, 2023  |  Fraud Attack

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a crackdown on fraud networks that steal money from consumer accounts and use fraudulent “microtransactions” to conceal their illicit activities...

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Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
December 14, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto wallet firm Ledger experienced a security breach on Thursday (Dec. 14) in which hackers managed to steal $484,000.  The hackers did so by inserting malicious code...

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Ex-Wirecard Finance Chief Charged With Fraud
Ex-Wirecard Finance Chief Charged With Fraud
December 14, 2023  |  Legal

More than three years after its collapse, Wirecard’s former finance chief has been accused of fraud. Burkhard Ley, who spent 11 years as the chief...

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Salv Raises $4.3 Million to Expand Financial Crime Compliance Solutions 
Salv Raises $4.3 Million to Expand Financial Crime Compliance Solutions 
December 14, 2023  |  Investments

Estonia-based Salv, a provider of financial crime compliance solutions, has raised 3.9 million euros ($4.29 million) in new funding to fuel its expansion in the United...

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