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Former Safemoon chief stole from investors, US says; defense calls case a mess May 21, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Former Safemoon chief Braden John Karony lied to investors about his use of the decentralized finance firm’s liquidity pool tokens, prosecutors said in their closing arguments at his fraud trial, while the def... (more story)

UK businessman Payne faces new extradition bid by South Africa after court block May 20, 2025 | Martin Coyle

A British businessman wanted in South Africa on fraud, corruption and money laundering charges faces a new threat of extradition from the UK, despite judges today blocking a South African government bid to app... (more story)

South Korea's Democratic Party readies sweeping digital asset legislation May 20, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's Democratic Party of Korea is accelerating efforts to introduce a comprehensive framework law on digital assets — a long-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act. The... (more story)

Former Safemoon chief’s mentor testifies in US fraud case about firm’s plans May 20, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A friend and mentor of former Safemoon Chief Executive Braden John Karony testified on his behalf today as the defense began its case in a US fraud trial.

EY's auditing of collapsed NMC Health 'disgraced' profession, UK court told May 19, 2025 | Martin Coyle

EY’s audit of collapsed health operator NMC Health was one of the most “fundamentally flawed” examples of auditing to have “disgraced” the profession, a London court was told as the trial of a 2 billion-pound ... (more story)

Japanese data broker receives PPC emergency order for selling data to fraudulent group May 16, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

The Japanese data protection agency today issued its first emergency order against Tokyo-based data broker Business Planning, after discovering that the company provided mailing lists to a group involved in fr... (more story)

HS2 opens probe into bribery claims involving UK high-speed rail project May 16, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle

Construction firm HS2 has opened an investigation into allegations of bribery involving activities linked to the high-speed rail project to connect London with cities in central and northern England. This foll... (more story)

Ex-Safemoon executive’s cars, home buys traced by US agent to liquidity removals May 16, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

An Internal Revenue Service agent traced former Safemoon chief executive Braden John Karony’s purchases of cars, homes and other assets to removals from a liquidity pool at the center of his US fraud trial.

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US appeals court questions suggest CFPB to be left in tatters May 19, 2025 | Neil Roland

US appeals court judges fired skeptical questions at the union lawyer challenging the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – suggesting that the beleaguered agency... (more story)

Corporate bribery remains US enforcement priority despite Trump-ordered pause May 16, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The US will continue to prioritize enforcement of a law prohibiting bribery of foreign officials to win business, despite a pause ordered earlier this year by President Donald Trump, according to a Justice Department memo.

UK sanctions regime review lacks detail on beefing up meager enforcement May 16, 2025 | Martin Coyle

UK government plans to consolidate sanctions lists and speed up enforcement of civil-law breaches will be welcomed as aims, but the new plan fails to grasp the nettle of patchy enforcement. The latest look at ... (more story)

Tale of UK fraud office's first dirty-cash order involves judgment of house prices May 14, 2025 | Martin Coyle

The UK's white-collar crime agency celebrated a milestone in January when it won a judge's backing for its first dirty-cash order against Claire Schools, the former wife of Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraudster... (more story)

UK sanctions watchdog talks tough on enforcement but lacks bite May 08, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle

The UK’s sanctions enforcer took to its blog today to get across the message of how seriously it takes non-compliance with information requests. A recent penalty that OFSI imposed on Svarog Shipping & Trading ... (more story)

Australian money laundering settlement likely to be top of Entain chief’s to-do list May 05, 2025 | Martin Coyle and James Panichi

Gambling operator Entain has moved to put itself on a firmer footing, with the recent appointment of Stella David as its head. Near the top of her to-do list is likely to be how to handle civil action taken ag... (more story)

Huione Group is a ‘significant node’ of the money laundering ecosystem, US says May 02, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

When Huione Group was contacted last year by an Australian media outlet about allegations that it was being used to launder money for the online scam industry, the Cambodian financial conglomerate acknowledged... (more story)

Lawsuits against US residential real estate rule follow familiar legal strategy April 30, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Two lawsuits arguing that a US rule requiring real estate professionals to file reports about certain property deals is unconstitutional appear to follow a legal strategy recently employed against an anti-mone... (more story)