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AML / KYC
HKMA Fines WeChat Pay for AML Control Deficiencies
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/09/2024
WeChat Pay had control deficiencies in its process for undertaking CDD reviews and applying EDD measures.

Enforcement
Malaysia’s EPF Seeks Travel Restrictions on 635 Company Directors
By Nithya Subramanian | 02/09/2024
The directors will be prohibited from leaving Malaysia due to failure to pay the required contributions to their employees’ EPF accounts.

Enforcement
China Extradites Crime Syndicate Ringleaders to South Korea
By Editors | 01/09/2024
The syndicate has been operating from China since 2017, using government impersonation scams to defraud almost 2,000 Koreans of $113mn.

Enforcement
UK Jails Members of Chinese Money Laundering Group
By Editors | 31/08/2024
A 12-year jail sentence was handed to the head of the group, which sold British pounds to UK university students to circumvent China’s foreign currency controls.

Enforcement
CFTC Penalises Nasdaq Futures Over False Disclosures
By Editors | 30/08/2024
Nasdaq Futures, which operated an energy commodity futures market from 2015-2018, did not fully disclose details of an incentive programme.

Enforcement
Singapore Designates Wildlife Trade as Serious Criminal Offences
By Nithya Subramanian | 30/08/2024
Wildlife trading will now be punishable in Singapore under the Organised Crime Act with up to 20 years imprisonment.

Enforcement
CFTC Fines Swiss Energy Trader $48m for Market Manipulation
By Nithya Subramanian | 30/08/2024
TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading sold physical EBOB at below-market prices to benefit its large short position in the futures market.

Enforcement
Australian Court Sentences Financial Adviser to 12 Years Jail
By Editors | 30/08/2024
Ben Jayaweera dishonestly obtained money from clients for investments and then transferred the funds to his own accounts.

Enforcement
ASIC Fines CLSA for Providing Incorrect Regulatory Data
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/08/2024
The failures arose from a change to CLSA’s global order management system that was “not adequately scoped and tested” before implementation.

Enforcement
SEBI Fines CDSL and Citibank for Separate Regulatory Violations
By Ajoy K Das | 30/08/2024
Both settlement orders were passed on Tuesday, with SEBI saying it reserves the right to initiate further action against CDSL or Citibank.
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