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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) joins twelve financial intelligence units (FIUs) in issuing a public statement today, recognizing the formation of a task force of like-minded FIUs who aim to strengthen efforts to disrupt international financial flows to Hamas and other terrorist…
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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 the COVID-19 Employee Retention Credit (ERC). The alert provides an…
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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 evade…
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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…
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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…
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WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a final rule that specifies the circumstances in which a reporting company may report an entity’s FinCEN identifier in lieu of information about an individual beneficial owner. A FinCEN identifier is a unique number that…
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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 detecting…
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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 notice highlighting a new Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) key term (“FIN-2023-GLOBALEXPORT”) for…