Topic: Beneficial ownership

Credit Suisse helped wealthy Americans evade taxes, Senate committee says

The Swiss bank violated the terms of a 2014 plea deal with the DOJ by concealing hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore accounts belonging to extraordinarily wealthy US nationals.

30 March 2023

UK threatens enforcement over missing beneficial ownership information

06 February 2023

FinCEN identifies sanctions evasions red flags in real estate deals

The US commercial real estate market is uniquely vulnerable to sanctions evasions because of its relative opacity, according to a recent alert from FinCEN.

26 January 2023

Russian intelligence agent indicted for sanctions breach

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Andrii Derkach was sanctioned in 2020 for his involvement in a disinformation campaign targeting, among others, US President Joe Biden.

07 December 2022

Switzerland to consider new beneficial ownership legislation

13 October 2022

UK police seize Latvian company’s funds linked to Privatbank case

A London court has ordered the forfeiture of over £200,000 belonging to a purported recruitment company after prosecutors alleged the funds were the proceeds of a “sophisticated, high-value, cross-border money laundering operation”.

19 May 2022

FCPA Docket: US aims to fix “corruption problem”

In today’s news roundup, a Republican senator wants to expand the FCPA to target companies that enable alleged human rights abuses in China and a Treasury Department official says the US knows it has its “own corruption problem”.

04 February 2022

FinCEN proposes new beneficial ownership reporting requirements

08 December 2021

Vale accuses New York property company of trying to hide Steinmetz links

03 December 2021

DOJ charges Swiss financial services firm over alleged tax evasion scheme

29 September 2021

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