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Guess How Much Tax Evasion Costs US Taxpayers?

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The Internal Revenue Service has estimated that the business of tax evasion is a costly one for the government. Tax cheats cost the government as much as $458 billion annually, according to data tabulated between 2008 and 2010. As noted by Fortune , public awareness over tax evasion has been heightened.

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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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It also said the bank’s Check Cashing Group admitted that it failed to file thousands of suspicious activity reports (SARs) as well as thousands of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from 2008 to 2014. The statement from FinCEN said Capital One established the Check Cashing Group as a business unit within its commercial bank in 2008.

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German Merchants Call For Gov’t Assistance; Banks In Europe Accept $130B To Lessen Financial Stress

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As shops shuttered to curb the coronavirus’ spread, the HDE retail association of Germany asked for the government to provide tax relief and state aid as soon as possible to prevent companies from going out of business, Reuters reported. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world. billion) weekly or 1.15 billion) daily.

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Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details

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A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. The database, which is believed to have been exposed for two weeks, was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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Compliance failures are prevalent worldwide: Approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance between 2008 and 2018. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . imposed a full $23.52

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London’s Dirty Little (Money Laundering) Secret

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office were facilitating tax evasion and money laundering. office in London, revealed that back in 2008 secretive techniques and services were being offered to clients that would allow them to conceal assets. A former employee at Swiss bank BSI, who worked at the bank’s U.K. But as the FT’s reports showed, U.K.

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SEB Says No Action Needed On Flagged Bank Accounts

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The transactions were carried out via 194 SEB accounts including around 475 million Swedish crowns ($49 million) connected to the so-called Magnitsky affair, named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested in 2008 after accusing Russian official of tax fraud.

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