Topic: Money laundering

Defendant in Tuna Bonds case spared prison time

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A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced ex-Credit Suisse executive Detelina Subeva to time served for accepting $200,000 in illicit funds from her boss. A source close to the matter told GIR that Subeva did not spend any time in custody after she was arrested and processed by the FBI.

15 August 2022

South Africa fines local bank over AML failures

South Africa’s central bank has fined Nedbank 35 million rands ($2.1 million) after an inspection beginning in early 2019 identified various problems in its compliance with anti-money laundering legislation.

15 August 2022

Dutch authorities arrest suspected Tornado Cash developer

The arrest of the unnamed individual comes two days after the US placed Tornado Cash on its list of sanctioned entities.

12 August 2022

US obtains warrant for oligarch’s $90 million Airbus

A US federal judge has signed off on a request to seize a $90 million aeroplane owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch.

12 August 2022

FCPA Docket: Ex-Credit Suisse exec hit with $200,000 forfeiture order

A former Credit Suisse executive was hit with a forfeiture order; a medical device company said a whistleblower reported possible FCPA violations in Vietnam and a top employee at a crypto exchange pleaded guilty to wilfully failing to establish a proper anti-money laundering programme.

11 August 2022

Counsel Watch: The lawyers for Robinhood Crypto, JPMorgan and more

In the latest roundup, GIR looks at the lawyers who represented Robinhood Crypto before New York’s top financial regulator and those drafted in for recent settlements with financial crime prosecutors in France.

09 August 2022

FCPA Docket: Chemical business Albemarle in FCPA settlement talks with DOJ

A North Carolina chemicals business said it was in settlement talks with the DOJ and the SEC over possible FCPA violations; A federal appeals court stayed a Houston judge’s order to dismiss a Venezuelan bribery case over jurisdictional issues.

04 August 2022

NatWest faces further scrutiny over AML controls

The Isle of Man’s financial services regulator has referred NatWest’s offshore banking arm to its enforcement division following a recent money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls inspection.

01 August 2022

Deutsche Bank settles German money laundering investigation

22 July 2022

Three men indicted for bribery, money laundering linked to Ecuadorian insurance companies

The charges are the latest in a DOJ investigation into Ecuadorian state-owned insurance companies, Seguros Sucre and Seguros Rocafuerte.

20 July 2022

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