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Bitcoin Daily: Russia Says Digital Ruble Could Mitigate Sanction Risk; FinCEN Fines Crypto ‘Mixer’ $60M Over AML Violations

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District Court for the District of Columbia. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. As it stands, the individual is being prosecuted in a U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section.

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Big Fraud, Big FinTech and Big Uber Top Week’s News

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MyPayrollHR Founder Faces $70M Fraud Charge. The CEO and founder of the New York payroll company MyPayrollHR was arrested and charged in a $70 million bank fraud scheme that left hundreds of small businesses across the country scrambling. Visa Partner Launch Eyes $17T Digital Payments Opportunity For FinTechs. Reports and Trackers.

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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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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News

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Stripe said the new service is based on Radar, its tool that prevents fraud and protects against future chargebacks. Why AI Is MIA in Most FI Fraud Departments. In the old days, forged checks were the biggest problems that bank fraud departments had to manage. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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Fifth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in case with implications for CFPB’s use of administrative law judges 

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The underlying case in Jarkesy involved an SEC investigation that resulted in an administrative action against the petitioners in which the SEC alleged that the petitioners had committed securities fraud and sought both monetary and equitable relief. The district court, and subsequently the U.S. The petitioners then sued in the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: Jamie Dimon Could Not Give A *&*% About Bitcoin; Dapper Labs Notches $15M For CryptoKitties

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He said the digital currency was a “terrible store of value” in 2014 and called it a fraud last year. (He It has over 200 machines in the District Of Columbia and 19 states. I don’t really give [an expletitve] — that’s the point, OK?” ” The executive has long been a skeptic of bitcoin.

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Uber Agrees To Pay $145M Fine To Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

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The nationwide settlement, which California helped to lead, calls for a $148 million penalty payment by Uber, benefiting all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This settlement broadcasts to all of them that we will hold them accountable to protect their data.”.