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The odd thing about cryptocurrencies is that unlike gold or other valuables you can't store them in a physical safety deposit box in a bank vault. Since they are virtual, they sit in computer memory.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low, a prime suspect in the theft of billions of dollars from the government, was charged Friday with eight counts of laundering money, much of it reportedly used to purchase a $250 million yacht.
Now that the 2019 John McCain National Defense Authorization Act has become law, there is a lesson to be learned from a furtive effort to fundamentally change the way the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile is sustained to ensure a reliable deterrent.
It was a busy Thursday, and Stephane Fima was on edge. After wrapping up a conference call with colleagues, the Société Générale SAmanaging director rang his friend Thomas Seligman. Fima stammered that he was worried and wanted “to stay safe,” then started reading a series of seemingly random figures.
It was a busy Thursday, and Stephane Fima was on edge. After wrapping up a conference call with colleagues, the Société Générale SAmanaging director rang his friend Thomas Seligman. Fima stammered that he was worried and wanted “to stay safe,” then started reading a series of seemingly random figures.
Bribery
Four employees at an Israeli interior ministry office were arrested for allegedly taking bribes to shorten wait times for Palestinians. (Haaretz)
A vast web of shell companies is operating freely in Britain despite flagrant warning signs and documented ties to suspected money laundering, alleged bribery, and even Donald Trump’s convicted former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
A former Swiss banker has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to helping launder $1.2 billion of money embezzled from Venezuela’s bankrupt state oil company in a scheme that involved close relatives of a Venezuelan official.
A European money-laundering watchdog demanded Latvia report its progress under the enhanced monitoring of its financial sector, saying that the country had failed to adequately appreciate the threat of illicit transactions among its banks.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark’s financial watchdog said on Thursday it had asked the state prosecutor to investigate Copenhagen Cooperative Bank for a suspected breach of the country’s money laundering act.