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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.

Tornado Cash co-founder’s cryptocurrency case can proceed to trial, US says May 15, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The case against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm can proceed to trial after clearing a government review into whether it was consistent with new US Justice Department policy toward certain cryptocurrency c... (more story)

NATO corruption probe widens as country-wide arrests are made May 15, 2025 | Martin Coyle

An investigation into suspected corruption by NATO officials involving military contracts has widened, European prosecutors said today, as they set up cross-border investigation support for the probe. Belgian,... (more story)

Meta, other platforms get mixed message over UK code banning fraudulent ads May 15, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Patricia Figueiredo

Meta Platforms and other tech giants looking ahead to UK guidance on preventing fraudulent advertising online have a mixed message after the regulator responsible today refused to recognize the tight delivery ... (more story)

UK's Spreadex fined over second breach of money-laundering controls May 15, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Spreadex was fined 2 million pounds today by the UK’s gambling regulator for anti-money laundering failures, the second time in three years it has faced action for lax financial-crime controls. The Gambling Co... (more story)

Huawei faces skeptical US judge over effort to dismiss racketeering case May 14, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A US judge was skeptical of arguments made today by Huawei Technologies for its motion to dismiss a racketeering case, saying the Chinese telecommunications giant’s claims are meant for a jury to decide. “So m... (more story)

US CFTC acting Chair Pham accuses agency of 'malicious' 2023 campaign against her May 14, 2025 | Neil Roland

Caroline Pham, the acting US Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair, expressed outrage that the agency engaged in a “malicious campaign” against her when she voiced concerns about its handling of a 2023 en... (more story)

Smartmatic must give Fox records from US bribery case, New York appeals court says May 14, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Fox News can access certain internal records from the voting machine company Smartmatic regarding a US criminal corruption investigation as the network defends itself from a defamation lawsuit, a New York Stat... (more story)

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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)

New UK plea deal guidance won’t change much but gives companies more certainty April 29, 2025 | Martin Coyle

New guidance to help UK companies self-report white-collar crime to escape prosecution won't lead to any sudden flood of confessions to the Serious Fraud Office, but taken alongside upcoming legislative change... (more story)

Former Smartmatic executive gave US leads amid early cooperation on bribery April 22, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A former Smartmatic executive’s early cooperation with US authorities gave the government new leads as they investigated a bribery scheme involving the voting machine company’s efforts to secure contracts in t... (more story)

Cryptocurrency enforcement memo starts winding its way through US criminal cases April 15, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

As the US Justice Department steps back from criminal enforcement of regulatory violations by the cryptocurrency industry, judges are starting to weigh whether the change could affect ongoing cases.