Vatican Cardinal Angelo Becciu Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was born in Pattada, Sassari, Italy, on June 2nd, 1948. On August 27th, 1972, Becciu became a priest. Pope Francis created and proclaimed Cardinal Becciu on June 28th, 2018. A Vatican cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official within the Catholic Church whom…
The plea agreement(s) According to an article from Ballard Spahr, Binance Holdings Limited has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by neglecting to uphold anti-money laundering cryptocurrency technology, not registering as a money service business (MSB), and lastly, by triggering violations of U.S. economic sanctions…
What is FATF? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “promotes and develops policies to protect the global financial system against money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction” (FATF). FATF suggestions are accepted globally as counter-terrorist financing (CFT) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. These…
Recently, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a notice to firms to incorporate AML and CFT priorities for AML systems in advance of new regulations and standards coming in 2022. New Priorities Set for Companies to Incorporate New Compliance Regulations The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a list on…
Who We Are: November 15th, 1996, Richmond, Virginia. The time and place Truth Technologies was born. It has been 25 years since the development of Money Laundering Detection System (MLDS), the first Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance solution. Our company became a trailblazer for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money…
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released a report detailing the role of shell companies and trade-based fraud to launder gains from environmental crimes. The report shows the need for anti-money laundering compliance authorities to build working relationships with environmental protection agencies, environmental crime investigators, and other professionals that…
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…
The fight against corruption and money laundering scandals in the European Union continues. Danske Bank, Denmark's biggest bank, has closed down all banking activities in its Estonian branch. The Danske branch in Estonia has been under close investigation for money laundering. During the investigation, Danske's previous CEO has stepped down…
The "travel rule" requires that firms engaged in money service businesses to share information about their customers and verify identities of customers. First issued in 1996, the travel rule (a know-your-customer (KYC) regulation) was expanded by FinCEN to apply to cryptocurrency in May of this year. FATF released guidelines in…
Rifaat al-Assad, known as the "Butcher of Hama" and the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has gone on trial for alleged money laundering. A politically exposed person(PEP), like Rifaat al-Assad, is normally considered to be an increased risk for financial crimes due to their status. Sherpa, a law association…
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