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WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $450,000 civil money penalty against Michael LaFontaine, former Chief Operational…
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) welcomes Michael Mosier as its new Deputy Director and Digital Innovation Officer. As Deputy Director, Mr. Mosier oversees FinCEN’s wide-ranging work to protect the financial integrity and national security of the…
Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the American Bankers Association/American Bar Association (ABA/ABA) Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference on December 10, 2019. He addressed how FinCEN uses Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data…
Washington – Today the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Evil Corp, the Russia-based cybercriminal organization responsible…
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new strategic analysis of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting, indicating that elders face an increased…
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced the realignment of its Liaison Division as the Strategic Operations Division (Strategic Ops), effective November 24, 2019. Strategic Ops will be responsible for designing and implementing FinCEN’s strategic…
Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the Chainalysis Blockchain Symposium on Friday, November 15. He addressed the issue of "regulatory clarity"; the value of Bank Secrecy Act data; FinCEN’s…
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of…
This week, FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and staff representing several FinCEN technical professions travelled to Atlanta to speak with administrators, professors, and college students at Morehouse and Spelman, both prominent Historically Black Colleges and…
WASHINGTON--Today, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State announced a new humanitarian mechanism to ensure unprecedented transparency into humanitarian trade with Iran. This mechanism will help the international community perform enhanced due diligence on humanitarian trade to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today that it will host "Innovation Hours" in New York on November 13-14, 2019. Financial technology (FinTech), and Regulatory technology (RegTech) companies, and financial institutions, will have the…