Search Results for: money laundering
U.S. Set to Rip Up UBS Libor Accord, Seek Conviction
May 13th, 2015
The U.S. Justice Department is set to rip up its agreement not to prosecute UBS Group AG for rigging benchmark interest rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, taking a new step to hold banks accountable for ...
France Restricts the Movement of Gold, Cash, & Crypto-Currencies
May 8th, 2015
France is the most socialist country in Europe; it always attacks anyone with money. France’s latest war on money is broadening to create a virtual lockdown on all assets. France is strengthening the control of cash payments drastically. Additionally, gold sales ...
FINRA Sanctions LPL Financial LLC $11.7 Million for Widespread Supervisory Failures Related a Number of Key Areas
May 7th, 2015
FINRA Sanctions LPL Financial LLC $11.7 Million for Widespread Supervisory Failures Related to Complex Products Sales, Trade Surveillance and Trade Confirmations Delivery LPL Ordered to Pay Approximately $1.7 Million in Restitution to Customers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ...
US authorities throw the book at Ripple Labs
May 6th, 2015
Ripple Labs has been fined $700,000 by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the first successful civil enforcement action against a virtual currency exchange. According to the charge sheet brought by US authorities, Ripple Labs, and its ...
Demand soars for lawyers in Hong Kong and Singapore
May 6th, 2015
Legal and compliance jobs top the list, according to the Robert Walters Asia Job Index. Data for Q1 shows legal and compliance job advertising growing 38 per cent, year on year, in Hong Kong and 30 per cent in ...
Suspension of the Management Licence of Belvedere Management Limited
April 30th, 2015
Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 27(7) of the Financial Services Act 2007 (the “FSA”), the Management Licence of Belvedere Management Limited (‘BML’), having its registered address at 7A, 7th Floor, Ebene Mews, 57 Ebene Cybercity, ...
UK’s biggest banks face further $29 billion misconduct bill: S&P
April 27th, 2015
Britain’s biggest banks face another 19 billion pounds ($29 billion) of charges relating to past misconduct over the next two years, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said in a report on Monday. S&P said Britain’s banks and customer-owned ...
DFSA Fines Deutsche Bank AG for Serious Breaches
April 16th, 2015
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”), announced, that it has fined the DIFC branch of Deutsche Bank AG (“DBDIFC”), USD $8,400,000 (AED 30,849,000) for serious contraventions. Those contraventions include misleading the DFSA, failures in DBDIFC’s internal governance and systems ...
CySec: Withdraw of CIF authorisation
April 6th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement informing that: On its meeting of 16 March 2015, has decided, pursuant, of section 25(1)(b) and 26(4)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities ...
Ex-federal agents charged with stealing Silk Road-related bitcoins
March 31st, 2015
Two former federal agents have been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin during the investigation of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Carl Force, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and ...
