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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GE Accused Of $38B Accounting Fraud

GE Accused Of $38B Accounting Fraud
GE Accused Of $38B Accounting Fraud
August 16, 2019  |  B2B Payments

General Electric has been targeted in accusations of massive accounting fraud by the whistleblower that called out Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, reports in CNBC said...

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FinCEN Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 
FinCEN Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 
August 14, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

Cooperation in an environment that is rapidly advancing on many technological fronts was the theme when FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco took to the stage...

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Payroll Fraud Could Cost KeyCorp $90M
Payroll Fraud Could Cost KeyCorp $90M
July 16, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Regional banking firm KeyCorp disclosed a massive instance of fraud on Tuesday (July 16) that could potentially cost $90 million, according to a report by...

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Bitcoin Daily: Britain Wants Ban On Retail Crypto Sales; Blockchain Firm Uses Bot To Prevent Crypto Scams
Bitcoin Daily: Britain Wants Ban On Retail Crypto Sales; Blockchain Firm Uses Bot To Prevent...
July 03, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban on retail cryptocurrency sales. The FCA explained that the products are a risk to consumers...

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Tech Stumbles As Banks’ Compliance Pressure Rises
Tech Stumbles As Banks’ Compliance Pressure Rises
July 02, 2019  |  B2B Payments

When reports last week in the Financial Times (FT) highlighted the thousands of offshore bank accounts frozen by Lloyds Banking Group, the news thrust the...

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Two Auditors Implicated In India Fraud Case
Two Auditors Implicated In India Fraud Case
June 13, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

India has implicated two auditors working with Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) with 22 auditing violations that the country called “organized crime,” according to a...

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Glitch Causes Deutsche Bank To Miss Suspicious Transactions
Glitch Causes Deutsche Bank To Miss Suspicious Transactions
May 23, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A software glitch that was in effect for almost a decade prevented Deutsche Bank from detecting potentially suspicious transactions that would be flagged for authorities....

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EU Fines Banks Billions For Manipulating Currency Prices
EU Fines Banks Billions For Manipulating Currency Prices
May 16, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The European Union has slapped Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG with a €1.07bn fine over allegations that they worked together to manipulate the foreign exchange...

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