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Enforcement
DOJ Secures Guilty Plea in SEC Case of Social Media Account Hack
By Thisanka Siripala | 10/02/2025
Eric Council Jr admitted to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud and is due to be sentenced on 16 May
AML / KYC
Bangladesh: Former Chair of BSEC Arrested, Denied Bail
By Nithya Subramanian | 10/02/2025
Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam allegedly received $361,000 in bribes and was involved in money laundering.
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.
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