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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

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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FinCEN Tightens Real Estate Cash-Buyer Reporting Threshold

PYMNTS

While the previous purchase amount threshold varied by city, it’s now set at $300,000 for each metropolitan area, covering certain counties within the following major locations: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

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AriseBank To Pay $2.3M Over ICO Violations

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AriseBank, a startup that ran afoul of regulators in the U.S. Rice and Ford lied to AriseBank’s investors by pitching the company as a first-of-its-kind decentralized bank,” said Shamoil Shipchandler, director of the SEC’s Fort Worth regional office. with its initial coin offering (ICO), agreed to pay $2.3

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A Whale of a Tale: Enloe State Bank

Jeff For Banks

According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) In-Depth Review (IDR) of the incident: "Enloe State Bank failed because the President and the senior-level Vice President perpetrated fraud by originating and concealing a large number of fraudulent loans over many years. For over a decade. True story.

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Governments Sending Mixed Signals On Blockchain

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It seems governments are a bit more open to distributed ledger technology (DLT), though that doesn’t mean blockchain companies get a free pass with regulators. We’re contemplating adding ‘Blockchain’ to our name so we’ll increase our followers by 70,000 percent,” the official Fort Worth SEC Twitter handle stated.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

Like other FinCEN advisories, they contain common typologies, red flags to look for, and guidance on complying with FinCEN regulations to address those threats and vulnerabilities. FinCEN has issued numerous advisories concerning the corruption in Venezuela, as well as Nicaragua and Iran. The 12 major U.S.

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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

Abrigo

While title insurance companies are required to collect and report data on covered transactions, regulators expect financial institutions to have procedures in place to detect these transactions. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Fraud Prevention. keep me informed.