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FinCEN Alert on COVID-19 Employee Retention Credit Fraud

WASHINGTON—Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (CI), issued an alert to financial institutions on fraud schemes related to…

FinCEN Announces Largest Settlement in U.S. Treasury Department History with Virtual Asset Exchange Binance for Violations of U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took unprecedented action to hold Binance Holdings Ltd. and several affiliates (collectively, Binance) accountable for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations. FinCEN’s…

READOUT: FinCEN Exchange Brings Together Public and Private Sectors to Discuss Attempts by Russia to Evade Export Controls

WASHINGTON—On November 16, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control, along with the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), co-hosted a virtual FinCEN Exchange to discuss attempts by Russia to…

READOUT: FinCEN Joins Harvard Kennedy School Event on the Role of Cryptocurrency in Financing Terrorism

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On November 9, a senior official from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) contributed to discussions on the role of cryptocurrency as a source of financing for terrorism during an event at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and…

FinCEN Finalizes Rule on Use of FinCEN Identifiers in Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a final rule that specifies the circumstances in which a…

READOUT: FinCEN Hosts Public-Private Dialogue on Cyber-Related Terrorism Financing

WASHINGTON—On November 2, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) hosted a FinCEN Exchange focused on the threat posed by the illicit use of convertible virtual currency in light of Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks in Israel and the critical role the financial industry plays in…

FinCEN and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Issue Joint Notice and New Key Term for Reporting Evasion of U.S. Export Controls Globally

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a joint…

Financial Action Task Force Identifies Jurisdictions with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Counter-Proliferation Deficiencies

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…

FinCEN Renews and Expands Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal and expansion of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate…

FinCEN Alert to Financial Institutions to Counter Financing to Hamas and its Terrorist Activities

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert today to assist financial institutions in identifying funding streams for the terrorist organization Hamas in response to Hamas’s horrific terrorist attack on the people of Israel, which left more than 1,000 innocent civilians,…

FinCEN Proposes New Regulation to Enhance Transparency in Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing and Combat Terrorist Financing

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that identifies international Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing (CVC mixing) as a class of transactions of primary money…

READOUT: FinCEN holds meeting with Israel’s Financial Intelligence Unit

WASHINGTON—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki hosted a virtual meeting today with Ilit Ostrovitch-Levi, the Director-General of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), which serves as Israel’s financial intelligence unit (…

FinCEN Announces $15 Million Civil Money Penalty Against Shinhan Bank America for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $15 million civil money penalty against Shinhan Bank America (SHBA) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing…

FinCEN to Issue Notices Requesting Comment on Beneficial Ownership Forms: 30-Day Paperwork Reduction Act Notices for the Beneficial Ownership Information Report and the FinCEN Identifier Application
FinCEN issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the deadline for certain companies to file their beneficial ownership information reports

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to extend the…