ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement

APAC Governments Impose Restrictions on Use of DeepSeek

By Mark Johnston | 10/02/2025

South Korea, India, Australia and Taiwan have imposed restrictions on using DeepSeek on government devices.

Enforcement

Korea FSS Reveals Results of Probe into Shinhan Trading Losses

By Mark Johnston | 10/02/2025

Shinhan Investment Corp, when acting as an ETF liquidity provider, engaged in speculative futures trading and lost KRW 130 billion.

Enforcement

Malaysian Authorities Arrest 10 Foreigners in AML Operation

By Nithya Subramanian | 10/02/2025

Authorities arrested 10 foreign nationals for offering unlicensed money transfer services to Indonesian and Indian customers

AML / KYC

US Authorities Settles AML Charges with Armoured Car Company

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/02/2025

This is FinCEN’s first enforcement against an armoured car company, which admitted to transporting bulk currency between third parties in violation of US law.

Enforcement

Europol Leads Global Operation to Dismantle Cybercrime Forums

By Thisanka Siripala | 09/02/2025

Authorities made two arrests, seized 12 domains, and confiscated 17 servers and over 50 electronic devices.

AML / KYC

US Convicts Chinese Nationals for Fentanyl Precursor Shipment

By Editors | 08/02/2025

The shipment was arranged by undercover law enforcement agents who pretended to be buyers of the precursor chemicals.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan Orders Apple, Google to Block Unregistered Crypto Apps

By Thisanka Siripala | 08/02/2025

The FSA is targeting Bybit, MEXC Global, LBank Exchange, KuCoin, and Bitget, which have been operating without proper registration under Japan’s Payment Services Act.

Enforcement

Fed Terminates Wells Fargo Enforcement Actions from 2011

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/02/2025

The terminations do not affect the Fed’s 2018 action, which imposed an asset cap that has prevented Wells Fargo from growing.

Enforcement

China Renaissance Founder Facing Possible Prosecution for Corruption

By Mark Johnston | 07/02/2025

Bao Fan is alleged to have paid a CNY 20 million sign-on bonus to a former ICBC executive linked to prior dealings.