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Nov 19, 2018 In The News

The ever-widening Danske Bank money laundering scandal, involving 200 billion euros ($228.5 billion) of “suspicious transfers” over eight years, is not only a disaster for the reputation of Denmark and its largest bank. It also points to the deep institutionalized corruption in Vladimir Putin’s Russia – and the political challenge facing the president himself.

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

Donald Trump’s famously opaque business will have to come to terms with a new level of scrutiny next year.Once Democratic opponents take control of the House, they are planning to unleash a flurry of subpoenas against the Trump Organization, to look at how much contact the president maintains with executives and whether he discusses business with his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., who he left in ch

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

Imagine if one bank, in one country, laundered almost ten times more than that country’s GDP. Imagine if that money came from non-residents in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova and other ex-Soviet states. It’d be one of the largest money-laundering scandals in history.

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

The Trump administration is reportedly getting ready to add Venezuela to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

Rep. Maxine Waters hopes to make changes to the House Financial Services Committee that could have implications for one of President Donald Trump's favorite lenders, Axios reported late Sunday.

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

French bank Société Générale SA agreed to pay $1.34 billion in penalties to settle allegations by U.S. and New York state authorities that the bank had processed and concealed billions of dollars in transactions related to countries under sanctions.

Nov 19, 2018 In The News

Copenhagen (AFP) - A whistleblower who uncovered a massive alleged money laundering scheme at Danske Bank's Estonian branch told a Danish parliamentary commission Monday that he had notified his superiors four times about suspicious transactions but no action was ever taken.

Nov 16, 2018 In The News

According to a 2015 Europol report, bitcoin was used in over 40% of high profile investigations involving payments between criminals in the European Union.

Nov 15, 2018 In The News

I am officially out of patience for Facebook and its “hard problems.”

Nov 15, 2018 In The News

A contract with billionaire Peter Thiel’s Palantir Technologies will give the IRS new firepower to pursue tax cheats by connecting the dots in millions of tax filings, bank transactions, phone records, and even social media posts.

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