WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is informing U.S. financial institutions that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that establishes international standards for anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and countering…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Andrea Gacki, Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), traveled to Puerto Rico from February 20-22 to highlight collaborative efforts to combat public corruption, fraud, and drug trafficking. Director Gacki hosted the first…
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) today reflecting an increase in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting…
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The U.S. investment adviser industry provides an important service to investors in the United States and across the world in driving investment opportunities and supporting innovation, growth, and prosperity in the United States. But investment advisers, in their role as gatekeepers to the U.S.…
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to keep criminals and foreign…
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to…
LOS ANGELES—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) convened a FinCEN Exchange—a voluntary public-private partnership—to share strategic and operational information to combat illicit financial networks that enable fentanyl trafficking. In…
UPDATE [1/29/2025]: This Alert has been rescinded.
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an…
WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $100,000 civil money penalty on Gyanendra Kumar Asre (Asre) for…
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a finding and …
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Report examines suspicious activity tied to the exploitation of identity processes during account creation, account access, and transaction processing
WASHINGTON—Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a…
Existing Companies Have One Year to File; New Companies Must File Within 90 Days of Creation or Registration
WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) began accepting…
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All entities created in the United States — including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies” — and their beneficial owners are now exempt from the requirement to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the…