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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases.

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Cannabis Payments

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Voters in Colorado amended their state constitution with Colorado Amendment 64, which essentially legalized the recreational consumption of marijuana for adults over 21. They also pay their staff, pay their suppliers, pay their utility bills and pay their taxes. And then, in 2012, the situation got even more complicated.

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition

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Credit Karma said yes to early tax refunds for consumers – for free. Good Tax Lending Karma. Good news for consumers avidly awaiting their tax refund for 2018: Credit Karma Tax is rolling out a new product call Earlybird Advance, an online refund advance service. And that was just Tuesday.

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Wells Fargo To Settle Navajo Nation Lawsuit For $6.5M

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“Our litigation team at the Department of Justice, led by Assistant Attorney General Paul Spruhan, handled the tribal court litigation, and he and Assistant Attorney General Jana Werner from our Tax and Finance Unit coordinated with our outside counsel on the federal case.”. shareholder derivative lawsuit.

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Who Should Lead The Digital ID Push?

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Use cases for the digital ID wallet could include accessing age-restricted places like bars, signing into services like online tax filing or verifying identities at polling stations. The advantage is that users could prove their ages if necessary without revealing their birthdates or other personal information.

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Fantasy Sports Get A Legal Go-Ahead In New York State

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Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado have all affirmed daily sports betting as a legal alternative, but other states have seen the issue differently. The state’s casinos, incidentally, are avid opponents of the bill, on the grounds it pushes a “massive expansion of gambling.”

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Card-present fraud slides, again: Continued traction is evident in the fight against fraud at the register. Visa reports that merchants have seen an 80 percent drop in card-present fraud – as measured from September 2015 to September of 2018 – due to the increased adoption of Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards.

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