Reported by AMICHAI STEIN, IDAN KWELLER (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888283) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Tehran, with his body found under the rubble caused by an Israeli airstrike, senior Israeli officials were informed on Saturday evening. Documentation of Khamenei’s body was reportedly […]

Report by U.S. Department of the Treasury The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that, if finalized, would sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG (MBaer’s) access to the U.S. financial system as a result of its financial support to illicit actors linked to Russia and Iran.  If finalized, the […]

Reported by Karen Freifeld (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidias-ai-chip-sale-bytedance-hinges-conditions-set-by-trump-administration-2026-02-04/) The Trump administration is willing to allow China’s ByteDance to buy Nvidia’s H200 chips, but the AI chipmaker has not agreed to proposed conditions for their use, according to a person familiar with the matter. The U.S. said it would approve […]

Reported by Ashish Dibouliya (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/02/24/federated-data-governance-the-next-frontier-in-anti-money-laundering/) Money laundering has evolved into a cross-institutional problem, yet most anti-money laundering (AML) systems remain confined within individual financial institutions. Criminal networks deliberately distribute transactions across multiple banks, jurisdictions, and channels so that each transaction appears legitimate in isolation. This creates […]

Reported by TRM Labs (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/how-ai-is-changing-the-scale-and-speed-of-crypto-fraud) Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming crypto-enabled fraud from a labor-constrained enterprise into an industrialized, machine-scaled ecosystem.  In 2025, illicit crypto volume reached an all-time high of USD 158 billion, increasing nearly 145% year over year. Within that broader landscape, scam-related activity […]

Reported by Christopher Miller (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.ft.com/content/95506e97-b71a-44a5-9479-66ee55ad4848) Ukraine’s former energy minister, a one-time close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has been charged by anti-corruption authorities after being detained as he tried to flee the country.  The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (Nabu) on Monday said a former energy minister was […]

Reported by Reuters (Excerpt shared below. For full report, go to: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/swedens-fsa-investigate-whether-swedbank-complied-with-money-laundering-2026-02-20/)  Sweden’s financial regulator said on Friday it will investigate whether Swedbank’s customer checks were sufficient to meet the country’s anti-money-laundering rules, in a fresh setback for the banking group following the end of a U.S. probe. The investigation will cover the period from […]

Reported by FinCEN A new federal reporting rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will take effect March 1, 2026, expanding national anti-money-laundering obligations into the U.S. residential real estate market. FinCEN has published a detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help stakeholders understand the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Rule, which […]

Reported by FinCEN The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order granting exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from certain requirements under FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions rule (the “2016 CDD Rule”). The order excepts covered financial institutions from the requirement to identify and verify the beneficial owners […]

Reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. While in Minnesota last month in support of President Trump’s efforts to stop the rampant government benefits fraud schemes, which […]