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FEMA Looks At Blockchain To Aid Disaster Payouts

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The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters. Earlier this year, the British Virgin Islands partnered with blockchain firm LIFElabs.io

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Tiny Deutsche Bank Unit At Heart Of Money Laundering Investigation

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Citing several people briefed on the matter, the publication reported that the two-day raid last week of Deutsche Bank offices was aimed at finding evidence on a British Virgin Islands-based unit that was part of the bank’s Global Trust Solutions (GTS) business, which had been up for sale in March of 2016.

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Radial Fights Fraud, Releases Annual Holiday Fraud Index

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With headquarters in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Radial provides major brands and merchants with fraud, payments and tax solutions, as well as a host of other commerce technology solutions. “We We’ve settled into providing services as a payments and fraud business.”. Radial knows a thing or two about fighting fraud. “We’ve

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Following The Madoff Money

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In an email provided to Bloomberg from Anthony Inder Rieden, CEO of Euro-Dutch, the company that managed Harley, via Euro-Dutch: “It shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out why Harley didn’t file a claim in the Madoff liquidation.”. There was a $25 million settlement in that case.

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Surprise Edition: Amex, Hackers And Starbucks E-Commerce Sign-Off

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Virgin Islands and other U.S. Virgin Islands cards and its cards offered in the 50 U.S. Cybercriminals seem to prefer to target cryptocurrency users and traders for this particular form of fraud. territories. states, as well as differences with respect to certain consumers with a Spanish language preference.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 4: Counterproliferation

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Kim Chol-Sam Kim Chol-Sam and British banker Nigel Cowie created numerous shell companies (was named in the Panama Papers linked to Mossack Fonseca the Panamanian law firm) including “DCB Finance”, in the British Virgin Islands, mainland China, and Hong Kong. Stay up-to-date on the latest FinCEN priorities.

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