Reported by Charles Paikert (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.familywealthreport.com//printarticle.php?id=205003) New AML Rule Brings Major Compliance Overhaul for RIAs A significant regulatory deadline looms for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) managing over $110 million in assets. Effective January 1, 2026, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will require these firms […]

Opportunities, Risk, and Responsible Implementation Reported by IBM Consulting Agentic AI is redefining the future of financial services. Unlike traditional AI or rule-based automation, Agentic AI systems are autonomous software agents that plan, reason, and act independently to accomplish complex tasks. Powered by large language models (LLMs), these agents are capable of orchestrating workflows, making […]

Reported by Matthew Goldstein (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/epstein-banks-wyden-trump.html) President Trump and his administration want to move on from Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sexual offender, who once associated with some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. Some of Mr. Trump’s most loyal supporters insist there is […]

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Reported by Michaela Towfighi (Excerpt featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/arts/de-kooning-higgins-sharp-harwood-fbi.html) When Lou Schachter visited the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 2014, he appreciated the flowers by Georgia O’Keeffe, the cityscapes from Edward Hopper and the signature splatter of Jackson Pollock. But he was most intrigued by the empty frame […]

Reported by Miguel Delaney (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-clubs-agents-money-laundering-government-report-b2791065.html) Football clubs and football agents have been named for the first time as emerging risks for money laundering and terrorist financing in an annual government report, published on Thursday . The sport’s “hidden nature” was raised as a specific issue, which means […]

Reported by Dilip Kumar Patairya  (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-a-russian-national-allegedly-laundered-530m-in-crypto-via-tethert) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Iurii Gugnin, also known as George Goognin and Iurii Mashukov, a Russian national residing in New York, with 22 criminal counts in a sweeping case that underscores the growing challenges of regulating cryptocurrency […]

Reported by Giovanni Legorano (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/15/chinese-bankers-money-laundering-europe-world/) Three separate police investigations in Italy recently uncovered around 1 billion euros in proceeds from drug trafficking of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Colombian drug cartels, and Albanian organized criminal groups. The more important finding may have been who it was determined had laundered the […]

Reported by John Tanet (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/popular-arizona-bbq-restaurant-accused-of-money-laundering-labor-exploitation/75-8fef8dc3-e4c3-4c09-8d04-d99bce498a9a) The popular barbeque restaurant Colt Grill is allegedly tied to accusations of money laundering and labor exploitation as part of a “complex criminal investigation,” Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Homeland Security Investigations and “multiple other federal agencies” are involved in the investigation, […]