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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue.

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FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders: What does this mean for you?

Abrigo

The newest order include s : Boston Chicago Dallas-Fort Worth Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New York City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle . BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. What does this GTO mean for your institution? Customer Due Diligence. Learn More.

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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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FinCEN Tightens Real Estate Cash-Buyer Reporting Threshold

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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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FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders

Abrigo

including: Boston Chicago Dallas-Fort Worth Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New York City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle . New York City and Miami were the original targets under the first order in 2016, but it has expanded periodically since then. learn more.

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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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A Whale of a Tale: Enloe State Bank

Jeff For Banks

She hid them from the Board and regulators with assistance from unnamed co-conspirators." In the examinations done by both regulators between 2013 and 2018 the bank received a composite CAMELS rating of either a "2" or a "1". They received the "close 'em down" CAMELS rating of "5" only after Moody went all pyromaniac in her board room.

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