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)
Citibank fined £4.7m over London branch's Russian sanctions breaches
September 02, 2026
| Martin Coyle
CitiBank has been fined £4.7 million by the UK’s sanctions enforcer over breaches by its London branch of the country’s sanctions rules related to Russia. In total, Citibank was found to have processed 970 pay... (more story)
China's proposed cross-border corruption law lays out new compliance obligations
September 01, 2026
| MLex Staff
Companies operating across borders would face statutory compliance and reporting duties under China’s proposed first law dedicated to cross-border corruption. The bill would allow business suspensions or licen... (more story)
Egyptian bank’s UAE branches targeted by US over money laundering concerns
August 28, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
The US Treasury Department deemed United Arab Emirates-based branches of an Egyptian bank a money laundering concern, moving to block their access to US correspondent banking over business with Iranian clients.
US SEC plan to cut company filings met with flood of protests
August 27, 2026
| Neil Roland
The US Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to reduce company financial disclosure requirements from quarterly to twice a year has been met with overwhelming opposition from commenters, a study has fo... (more story)
Sports company co-owners admit in US to fraud scheme involving FIFA media rights
August 27, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
A father and son who co-own an Argentine sports marketing company admitted Thursday in a New York federal court to participating in a fraud scheme involving bribes to soccer officials to obtain media rights to... (more story)