Search Results for: money laundering
Bitcoin flounders in Australia as regulatory worries bite
October 5th, 2015
Australian businesses are turning their backs on bitcoin, as signs grow that the cryptocurrency‘s mainstream appeal is fading. Concerns about bitcoin’s potential crime links mean many businesses have stopped accepting it, a trend accelerated by Australian banks’ move last ...
Europol: Bitcoin May Become Sole Currency for EU Cybercriminals
October 2nd, 2015
Europol has said in a new report that it believes bitcoin could become the go-to currency for digital criminals in the region. The European Union’s top law enforcement agency released its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment for 2015 on 30th September, ...
First Bitlicense approval for a Bitcoin Startup
September 23rd, 2015
NYDFS BitLicense is First Comprehensive Regulatory Framework for Firms Dealing in Virtual Currency Such as Bitcoin BitLicense Includes Key Consumer Protection, Anti-money Laundering, Cyber Security Rules to Help Safeguard Customer Funds and Root Out Illicit Activity Anthony J. Albanese, ...
Safe-deposit-box: the preferred method of tax dodgers
September 18th, 2015
Italians looking to conceal assets turn to safe-deposit boxes. Italians who want to stash their riches out of reach of tax collectors might familiarize themselves with a restaurant on the Via della Posta in the Swiss town of Locarno, ...
Russian Firm Plans Local Version of Bitcoin Digital Currency
September 18th, 2015
A leading Russian payment services provider is developing the country’s first virtual currency — the bitruble. If the company, Qiwi, can overcome resistance from Russia’s financial authorities — which fear that cryptocurrencies could be used to launder money and ...
SCA Forces Electronic Connection with CBUAE on Brokerage Companies
September 16th, 2015
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) forced UAE-based securities and commodities brokerage companies to work on activating electronic connection with the Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The purpose of this move ...
India: Police approaches UK Embassy in Delhi regarding its investigations for Tradenext (UK) director
September 8th, 2015
Chit fund scam: 200 victims meet Dhindsa, seek help Over 200 persons from Sangrur and Barnala districts, who deposited money in Crown Credit Cooperative Society Limited, met Finance Minister Parminder Dhindsa in Sangrur yesterday to get back their money. ...
The danger of eliminating cash
September 4th, 2015
In the early days of central banking, one primary objective of the new system was to take ownership of the public’s gold, so that in a crisis the public would be unable to withdraw it. Gold was to be ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
Bitcoin: US federal agent investigating Silk Road admits $800,000 bitcoin theft
September 1st, 2015
Shaun Bridges, a former secret service member, pleads guilty to money laundering after another member of same task force admitted to similar crimes A former US secret service agent has pleaded guilty to stealing over $800,000 worth of bitcoin ...
