FinCEN Alert: Oil smuggling schemes on the U.S. border by Mexico-based cartels

Reported by FinCEN Original alert attached here: (Shortened version featured below) The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is issuing this Alert to […]

FinCEN Finds Cambodia-Based Huione Group to be of Primary Money Laundering Concern, Proposes a Rule to Combat Cyber Scams and Heists

Reported by FinCEN (Summarized version below) The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) designating the Huione Group, a Cambodia-based financial services conglomerate, as a primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act. This designation stems from FinCEN’s determination that the Huione Group has knowingly […]

FinCEN’s Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order Faces Challenges in Texas and Southern California

Reported by Matthew T. Smith The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO), effective April 14, 2025, to fight money laundering tied to Mexican drug cartels. The GTO requires money services businesses (MSBs) in 30 ZIP codes across California and Texas to report cash transactions over $200 to FinCEN, a […]

HSI: Gift Card Fraud Update

Reported by LinkedIn – Adam Parks Have you gotten one of those scam texts about an unpaid toll and wondered what happens when someone enters their credit card information? Or, worse yet, fell victim to the scam and entered your card details? The answer: oftentimes, the card details are relayed to runners who quickly drain […]