UK Illumina unit fined record £7.4m for Russian sanctions breach by tax agency
September 08, 2026
| Martin Coyle
UK biotech company Illumina Cambridge, a subsidiary of US-listed Illumina, has been fined a record £7.4 million for Russian sanctions breaches by the UK’s tax authority. It supplied sanctioned goods from one o... (more story)
Deutsche Bank settles multimillion-euro Monte dei Paschi lawsuit
September 07, 2026
| Martin Coyle
Deutsche Bank has settled a €152 million claim brought by a former senior executive who claimed his career was harmed by the lender’s involvement with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena. The former executi... (more story)
Stablecoins, tokenization speed transmission of global risk, IMF head says
September 04, 2026
| Neil Roland
Stablecoins and tokenization accelerate the transmission of global risks, calling for an internationally coordinated response that will be “a heavy lift given geopolitical fragmentation,” said the head of the ... (more story)
McKinsey sees €65 million seized as part of French/Belgian tax probe
September 04, 2026
| Martin Coyle
French and Belgian prosecutors seized €65 million from US consultancy firm McKinsey as part on an ongoing probe into alleged tax fraud. The investigation into the consultancy was opened following a French parl... (more story)
US judge again rejects DOJ's bid to dismiss Adani case charges
September 03, 2026
| Tony Cooke
A US judge denied without prejudice the Justice Department's renewed request to dismiss charges against five defendants in the corruption case involving Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the government s... (more story)
Ethical Forestry trio jailed for combined 15 years over Costa Rica tree fraud
September 03, 2026
| Martin Coyle
Three former directors of English company Ethical Forestry who defrauded UK investors out of £70 million through a tree-based investment scheme in Costa Rica to support their lavish lifestyles have been jailed... (more story)
US regulators writing stablecoin rules should add guardrails for users, observers say
September 02, 2026
| Neil Roland
US financial policymakers writing rules to carry out the GENIUS Act with respect to stablecoins should provide guardrails for users and against illicit finance in anticipation of growth in use of the cryptocur... (more story)
ENRC settles $290m legal claim against SFO, Dechert
September 02, 2026
| Martin Coyle
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on Wednesday settled its $290 million compensation claim over an abandoned decade-long bribery prosecution with the UK’s fraud agency and law firm Dechert. The confidenti... (more story)