Financial crimes

Banker who OK'd Manafort loan sought Cabinet post: Ex-employee

08/10/18

Stephen Calk, the CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, expedited approval of a mortgage to the onetime Trump campaign chair in hopes of winning a job as Treasury secretary or housing secretary, a former bank employee testified Friday.

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Inaugural tickets are latest issue in Manafort's dealings with Chicago banker

08/07/18

The former Trump campaign chair got $16 million in mortgages from The Federal Savings Bank. His trial is shedding new light on what the bank's CEO allegedly received in return.

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Will states fill the CFPB enforcement void?

06/15/18

The new chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors argues that state regulators will keep protecting consumers if the CFPB curtails oversight.

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House AML bill is a missed opportunity

06/13/18

The House Financial Services Committee is preparing to vote on legislation to modernize anti-money-laundering rules, but the latest version of the bill excludes a key provision involving the collection of beneficial ownership information.

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It’s time to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act

06/13/18

Republican congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer and Steve Pearce say their new legislation would update anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism requirements for small financial institutions.

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Ex-CEO whose bank hid drug cash is said to face criminal probe

05/10/18

A river of drug-cartel money flowed through the U.S. arm of Dutch banking giant Rabobank, and now federal investigators are pursuing criminal cases against former senior executives for allegedly covering it up.

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Municipal CU CEO charged with multitude of financial crimes

05/09/18

Kam Wong, chief executive at the high-profile, $2.9 billion credit union that serves the NYPD, among other municipal workers, has been charged with fraud.

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Four former Wilmington Trust executives found guilty of loan fraud

05/03/18

Attorneys for then President Robert Harra said he is innocent and will file an appeal. The case centers on a scheme said to have been carried out during the crisis years, before the bank was sold to M&T.

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Regtech could help stop human trafficking

01/31/18

Modernized bank technology and improved data sharing would sharpen anti-money-laundering efforts, making crime like human trafficking more risky and less profitable.

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Treasury names criminal prosecutor as Fincen director

11/08/17

The Treasury Department on Wednesday named Kenneth A. Blanco, a longtime criminal prosecutor with the Justice Department, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

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