Financial Crime

    Anti-Money Laundering

    FATF Issues Report on Digital Tools for Law Enforcement

    By Editors | 12/06/2022

    The report offers guidance on the use of technology for investigations, risk assessment, and AML/CFT information exchange.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    OFAC Blocks Secondary Market Trading in Russian Debt, Equity

    By Editors | 12/06/2022

    To date, only the purchase of new issues has been prohibited, and trading in secondary markets has still been allowed.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    BNM Directs Banks to Enhance Fraud Risk Controls

    By Editors | 12/06/2022

    BNM will take supervisory and enforcement actions against banks that fail to protect their customers from fraud risk.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    US Ruling Calls Into Question Key SEC Enforcement Mechanism

    By Editors | 12/06/2022

    The Fifth Circuit court ruled that the SEC’s use of in-house administrative law judges deprived the petitioners of the right to a jury trial.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Singapore Police Arrest Eight Involved in SMS Phishing Scams

    By Editors | 10/06/2022

    The scammers were arrested after more than SGD 60,000 was lost in SMS phishing scams targeting DBS customers.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    ASIC Sues Payday Lender Over ‘Prohibited’ Fees

    By Editors | 09/06/2022

    The case involves over 670,000 contracts entered into by Sunshine Loans that included an amendment or rescheduling fee that is not permitted.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Two Taiwan Banks Fined Over Misappropriated Customer Funds

    By Editors | 09/06/2022

    Mega Bank and Huanan Bank were each fined TWD 4 million fine for internal control failures which allowed cashiers to misappropriate customer funds.

    Cryptocurrency

    US SEC Reportedly Probing Binance 2017 Token Offering

    By Editors | 09/06/2022

    The SEC is also investigating market making companies owned by Binance’s CEO and whether company insiders may have engaged in trading abuses.

    Market Abuse

    Old Misconduct Patterns Are Repeating in New Settings: FMSB

    By Editors | 08/06/2022

    Forms of misconduct which have been present for hundreds of years are playing out in new digital asset classes, including crypto assets and NFTs.

    Market Abuse

    Australian Man Pleads Guilty to Pump and Dump Scheme

    By Editors | 08/06/2022

    The man, Gabriel Govinda, will be the first to be convicted in Australia over a social media pump-and-dump scheme.

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