Individual Charged for Operating Unlicensed Bitcoin Kiosk used for Money Laundering

A 25-year-old man from California could face life in prison for several charges including failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program while operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Kunal Kalra, also known as “coinman”, operated a Bitcoin exchange and ATM that allowed criminals to exchange Bitcoins, oftentimes earned through…

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Individual Ordered to Pay $9 Million or Face 10 Years in Jail After Being Convicted of Money Laundering

Ellias Preko, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker, was served a confiscation order by the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom. Preko must pay 7.3 million pounds or face a 10-year jail sentence. After leaving Goldman Sachs Preko began to work for James Ibori, the former governor of…

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London Money Transmitter Fined Record £7.8 million for Failing to Adhere to Money Laundering Regulations

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(HMRC), a department of the United Kingdom responsible for regulatory regimes, has fined Touma Foreign Exchange Ltd almost ten million dollars for breaching money laundering regulations. This fine follows a crackdown in July where officers executed warrants at 12 separate addresses and arrested two men. HMRC…

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“The Future Is Now!” at the latest AML ACAMS Conference in Las Vegas

The Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference hosted by the Association of Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) will begin in late September 2019. Truth Technologies has been attending this conference for years and is excited to attend again. With topics ranging from sanction screening and PEP (politically-exposed person) screening…

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“The Biggest Financial Fraud Trial” in Germany’s Postwar History

German media have dubbed it "the biggest financial fraud trial" in Germany since WWII. Two British citizens are accused of using cum-ex transactions to defraud the German government out of almost $500 million dollars. The trial is ongoing in Bonn, Germany with the accused facing a 635-page charge sheet. Cum-ex…

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Truth Technologies at age 23.

Truth Technologies was incorporated in 1996, 23 years ago. It was in many ways a trailblazer: It was an AML compliance solution based on a vision of future KYC regulations at a time when there were no KYC regulations yet. It was conceived as a Software as a Service (SaaS)…

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