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SFC extends swift licensing process to new virtual asset trading platform applicants
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today announced that all new virtual asset trading platform (VATP) applicants can now seek...
Jan 19, 2025


Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges Over $40 Billion Loss, Faces 130 Years in Prison
Do Kwon , the co-founder of Terraform Labs , has pleaded not guilty to nine charges in a U.S. court following his extradition from...
Jan 12, 2025


New York prosecutors tell justices to let Trump be sentenced
Prosecutors on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to allow Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case to go ahead as...
Jan 12, 2025


Bangladesh orders banks to assist UK minister graft probe
Bangladesh money laundering investigators have ordered the country's big banks to hand over details of transactions relating to British...
Jan 12, 2025


Sri Lanka’s anti-money laundering, terrorism financing evaluation postponed by 1 year
Sri Lanka’s third evaluation on its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework is postponed by...
Jan 12, 2025


SFC’s then Associate Director charged by ICAC with conspiracy to pervert course of justice for allegedly advising subjects to cope with market manipulation probe
A then Associate Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was charged by the ICAC today (January 9) with conspiracy to...
Jan 12, 2025


SFC bans Chan Ka Him for life for insurance fraud
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Chan Ka Him, a former insurance specialist of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong...
Jan 12, 2025


SFC secures first conviction against a solicitor for breaching secrecy provision
A Hong Kong practicing solicitor, Mr Tse Yin Fung, was convicted today at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for violating the secrecy...
Jan 5, 2025


Chinese National Jun Wang Charged with $2 Million Money Laundering Scheme
Jun Wang faces up to 20 years in prison for laundering funds through fraudulent gift card schemes Jun Wang, a 62-year-old Chinese...
Jan 5, 2025
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