In support of the annual, multiagency #DatingorDefrauding campaign, led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations.
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Relief Reduces Burdensome and Duplicative Regulatory Requirement
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an …
WASHINGTON—On January 12 and 13, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) hosted the first meeting of the Transnational Organized Crime Working Group (TOC-WG). The TOC-WG includes representatives from 16 financial intelligence units…
In Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced several initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, which has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. These initiatives are designed to strengthen and safeguard the financial system and protect Minnesota…
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule to extend the effective date of the rule establishing…
Operation Enabled by Secretary Bessent’s Push for Technology Modernization
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a multi-tiered operation targeting more than 100 U.S. money services…
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) held a FinCEN Exchange, a public-private partnership event aimed at countering illicit finance. The event—which convened global financial institutions, federal law enforcement…
WASHINGTON—The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $3,500,000 civil money penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (collectively, Paxful) for willful violations of the Bank…
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Financial Trend Analysis on ransomware incidents in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data between 2022 and 2024, which…
WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an Alert as part of Treasury’s effort to prevent the exploitation of the U.S. financial system by…
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is informing U.S. financial institutions that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that establishes international standards for anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and countering…
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a…
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) identifying approximately $9 billion of potential Iranian shadow banking activity that…
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that severs Cambodia-based Huione Group from the U.S. financial system. Huione Group serves as a critical node for laundering proceeds of cyber heists carried out by the Democratic…