All posts tagged "wire fraud"
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625EnforcementUS Authorities Criminally Convict NatWest on Spoofing Charges
NatWest traders engaged in schemes to defraud in connection with spoof orders designed to profit from manipulation of the US Treasury securities and futures markets, the DOJ said.
December 24, 2021 -
358AML / KYCCredit Suisse Settles Charges Over Mozambique ‘Secret Debt’
Transactions that raised over $1bn were used to "perpetrate a hidden debt scheme", pay kickbacks to investment bankers, and bribe government officials.
October 20, 2021 -
283AML / KYCUS DOJ Agrees to Release of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
Under a deferred prosecution agreement, Meng admitted to making material misrepresentations to HSBC regarding Huawei’s operations in Iran.
September 27, 2021 -
243AML / KYCJohn McAfee Indicted for Crypto-related Fraud, Money Laundering
McAfee and his associate allegedly used their large Twitter following to promote altcoins and ICOs to investors through a so-called pump-and-dump scheme.
March 8, 2021 -
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Huawei Launches Hong Kong Court Proceedings Against HSBC
Huawei is seeking internal HSBC documents it says will help it defend against its CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradiction to the US to face bank and wire fraud charges.
March 2, 2021 -
528AML / KYCUS Prosecutors Unveils New Charges Against North Korean Hackers
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the three programmers said to be involved in the Sony, WannaCry, Bangladesh Bank and other attacks.
February 22, 2021 -
670EnforcementTwo Ex-Deutsche Traders Convicted in Spoofing Case
The two former traders were found guilty of fraud charges for their respective roles in manipulating gold and silver futures prices.
September 30, 2020 -
1.5KEnforcementScotiabank Resolves DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Charges for $127.4m
Four Scotiabank traders based in New York, London and Hong Kong placed thousands of orders in precious metals futures between 2008 and 2016 to manipulate prices.
August 21, 2020 -
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Huawei Alleges HSBC Continued Evading Sanctions After 2012 DPA
HSBC continued to evade Iran sanctions after its 2012 deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice, Huawei lawyers say in a letter to a New York District Court.
February 20, 2020 -
3.6KBig PictureSWIFT Responds to India Cyber Threat With New Paper
SWIFT has published a new paper to help financial institutions in India improve their monitoring of anomalous and potentially fraudulent transactions.
May 13, 2019
