On November 24, 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the US Department of the Treasury, imposed a $4,677,552 (£3,458,193) penalty on a real estate investor for ‘violating Russia sanctions and reporting obligations’. ‘US Person-1’ was found to have willfully dealt in property which was owned by a blocked and sanctioned individual […]
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2025 was a whirlwind for Canadian-American TD Bank Group. The multinational banking giant was mired in the largest money laundering scandal of the decade, pleading guilty to both civil and criminal charges related to U.S. Bank Secrecy Act violations and having their widespread AML deficiencies across the international spectrum in the process. The investigations analyzed […]
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In a significant shift towards potential deregulation, last week the U.S. Treasury Department under Secretary Scott Bessent issued a draft term sheet which was circulated to financial regulators across the country, proposing a potentially major overhaul of current anti-money-laundering (AML) enforcement protocols. The proposed plan leans towards the Treasury taking a more central role in […]
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