Enforcement

Enforcement

SFC, ICAC Arrest Five More Ramp-and-Dump Syndicate Members

By Editors | 16/03/2023

The arrestees include qualified accountants and senior executives of a number of Hong Kong-listed companies, the SFC and ICAC said.

Enforcement

ASIC Issues Interim Stop Orders on Three BT Funds

By Editors | 16/03/2023

ASIC said the TMDs for three funds were “broadly drafted and failed to define key concepts” and did not meet the “appropriateness requirements” under the DDO regime.

AML / KYC

China Fines Bohai Bank for Third Time This Year

By Editors | 16/03/2023

The PBOC fined China Bohai Bank for committing 12 regulatory violations. The bank was fined twice last month for different violations.

Enforcement

Swedbank Fined for IT Incident Which Impacted 1m Customers

By Editors | 16/03/2023

Swedbank made a change to a business-critical IT system without following its internal procedures and processes.

Enforcement

US Charges Exiled Chinese Businessman with $1b Fraud Scheme

By Editors | 16/03/2023

Guo Wengui and his financial adviser allegedly cheated thousands of investors since 2018 by promising outsized returns on various offerings.

AML / KYC

US, German Authorities Coordinate on Takedown of Crypto Mixer

By Editors | 16/03/2023

Authorities dismantled ChipMixer’s infrastructure and seized four servers, about USD 46 million worth of bitcoin, 7 TB of data, two domains, and a Github account.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto-related Crime in Australia: What Court Records Tell Us, and What Lies Ahead

By Angela Ang | 16/03/2023

Angela Ang considers findings from the first empirical study of crypto-related court cases in Australia, and what this means the crypto crime and enforcement landscape.

Enforcement

US OCC Fines Ex-Wells Fargo Exec for Sales Misconduct

By Editors | 15/03/2023

Carrie Tolstedt was not required to admit or deny the OCC allegations, but she faces up to 16 months in prison under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Crypto / Digital Assets

US Prosecutors Probe Possible Terra Manipulation by Trading Firms

By Editors | 15/03/2023

SDNY prosecutors are said to be looking into Telegram chats among employees at Jump Trading and Jane Street from last May.