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Halawi Exchange Co.
Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange
Halawi Exchange Co.
Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange
Treasury Identifies Kassem Rmeiti & Co. for Exchange and Halawi Exchange Co. as Financial Institutions of “Primary Money Laundering Concern”
REMARKS OF JENNIFER SHASKY CALVERY, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good morning. I want to start by thanking our hosts, THE NCFTA, for the opportunity to join you at this year’s CyFin Conference.

For those of you that might not be familiar with the work being done at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, I wanted to…

REMARKS OF JENNIFER SHASKY CALVERY, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good morning. I want to start by thanking our hosts,
THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION, for the opportunity to join you at this year’s conference.

Strong public-private partnerships are critical for us to achieve success, particularly on an issue such as mortgage…

REMARKS OF JENNIFER SHASKY CALVERY, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

Good morning. I want to start by thanking our hosts, THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALISTS, for the opportunity to join you at this year's conference.

Some of you may have heard me speak recently about FinCEN's broad mission, and how important it…

FinCEN Issues Guidance on Virtual Currencies and Regulatory Responsibilities

VIENNA, Va. - To provide clarity and regulatory certainty for businesses and individuals engaged in an expanding field of financial activity, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued the following guidance,…

Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Persons Administering, Exchanging, or Using Virtual Currencies

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") is issuing this interpretive guidance to clarify the applicability of the regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") to persons creating, obtaining, distributing, exchanging, accepting, or transmitting virtual currencies.1…