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Treasury Press Release: Treasury Announces Key Regulations and Legislation to Counter Money Laundering and Corruption, Combat Tax Evasion

 

Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery Departing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Jennifer Shasky Calvery announced today that she will be leaving her position as Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the end of May. Ms. Calvery has served as FinCEN’s director since September 2012. Her entire career has been spent in service to the public, including…

Nevada Casino’s Willful Disregard for Anti-Money Laundering Laws Leads to $1 Million FinCEN Penalty

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced a $1 million civil money penalty against Sparks Nugget, Inc. d/b/a John Ascuaga’s Nugget, of Sparks, Nevada. Sparks Nugget admitted that it willfully…

FinCEN Proposes to Amend Definition of Broker-Dealer in Securities to Include Funding Portals

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed to amend the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) definition of “Broker or Dealer in Securities” in order to ensure that funding portals implement policies and…

FinCEN Fines Kentucky Money Services Business and Its Owner/Compliance Officer for Anti-Money Laundering Failures

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today imposed a civil money penalty (CMP) against Thriftway Food Mart and its owner and compliance officer, Kustandy Rayyan, for willful and repeated violations…

Treasury News Release Treasury Announces USA PATRIOT ACT Regulations To Improve Information Sharing
U.S. and Argentine Financial Intelligence Units Restore Cooperation to Fight Terrorism and Organized Crime

WASHINGTON, DC – Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with her Argentine counterpart, Mr. Mariano Federici, President of the Unidad de Informacion Financiera (UIF) of the Republic…

Agencies Release Guidance to Issuing Banks on Applying Customer Identification Program Requirements to Holders of Prepaid Cards

 

FinCEN Proposes Revising FBAR Rules for Certain Financial Professionals

WASHINGTON– The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) intended to revise and clarify certain provisions in the rules regarding the filing of Reports of Foreign Bank and…

FinCEN Penalizes Florida’s Gibraltar Private Bank for Willful Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Violations

WASHINGTON – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a $4 million civil money penalty (CMP) against Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust Company of Coral Gables, Florida, for willfully…

Notice Regarding the Withdrawals of Findings and Proposed Rulemakings under Section 311

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is withdrawing three findings and relatedproposed rulemakings under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, after having determinedthat the subjects of the rulemakings no longer pose a money laundering threat to the U.S.financial system.

Egmont Group Communiqué: The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Reinforces Its Efforts in Combating Terrorist Financing
FinCEN Takes Aim at Real Estate Secrecy in Manhattan and Miami

WASHINGTON – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued Geographic Targeting Orders (GTO) that will temporarily require certain U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind companies used to pay “all cash” for high-end residential real estate in the…

FinCEN Assesses Money Penalty against Precious Metals Dealer for Violations of Anti-Money Laundering Laws

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a $200,000 civil money penalty against a Los Angeles precious metals business, as well as its owner and compliance officer. B.A.K…

FinCEN Assesses Money Penalty against Precious Metals Dealer for Violations of Anti-Money Laundering Laws

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a $200,000 civil money penalty against a Los Angeles precious metals business, as well as its owner and compliance officer. B.A.K…