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Proposed amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations - draft SI and policy note
HM Treasury invites feedback on amendments to the UK’s Money Laundering Regulations; consultation closes 30 September 2025. Documents The draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 2025 - Policy note PDF, 161 KB, 18 pages The draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 2025 - Policy note HTML Draft SI: The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment and Misce
Sep 7, 2025


Tolhurst Fisher LLP fined £120k after 15 years of anti‑money laundering failures
Tolhurst Fisher LLP has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay £25,290 in costs after admitting a series of anti‑money laundering (AML) ...
Aug 10, 2025


Fmr. Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd convicted of money laundering, fraud; 2 years in prison
The court in Groningen sentenced former Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd to two years in prison on Thursday. The court convicted him of money...
Aug 10, 2025


Former OpenSea Manager Overturns Insider Trading Conviction on Appeal
A US appeals court overturned Nathaniel Chastain’s 2023 convictions for wire fraud and money laundering related to NFT insider trading at...
Aug 10, 2025


Paxos to pay $48.5M over AML, due-diligence failures
Some of the charges stem from the stablecoin issuer’s relationship with Binance. The agreement includes a $22 million investment in...
Aug 10, 2025


FinCEN Shines Spotlight on Cryptocurrency ATMs
Financial services companies must “be vigilant” in finding and flagging suspicious transactions linked to ATMs into which clients deposit...
Aug 10, 2025


China Busts $20 Million Bitcoin Laundering Ring Tied to TikTok-Style App
Kuaishou Employees Imprisoned for $20 Million Bitcoin Scheme The Haidian District People’s Procuratorate in Beijing reported that company...
Aug 3, 2025


FCA fines Barclays £42 million for poor handling of financial crime risks
The FCA has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC and Barclays Bank PLC a total of £42 million for separate instances of failings in its financial...
Jul 20, 2025
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