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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

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The rule applies to all title companies that deal in markets that have luxury real estate including Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle, noted the report. As for the U.K.,

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Hacker Tracker: Cyberattacks Come In All Shapes And Sizes

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Security experts are saying that new versions of the malware could still strike. There [are] many you don’t hear about because companies don’t want to publicize them, and it’s not legally required to report every incident,” Bill Kelly, senior vice president for underwriting at San Antonio insurer Argo Pro, told Xconomy. “It

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

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Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk. The 12 major U.S.

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Biometrics are already mass-market for banking

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This is why I was so interested to see USAA Bank (based in San Antonio, Texas), a bank that is well-known for being highly focused on customer service and innovative in the use of new technology to improve the customer experience, roll-out face-recognition for mobile phones using the technology of one of Consult Hyperion’s clients, Daon.

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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

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The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as using force, fraud, or coercion in exchange for labor, services, or a commercial sex act. According to the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center, human smuggling along the southwest border generates an estimated $2-$6 billion in annual revenue for these criminals.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

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Although migrants knowingly engage with smugglers wittingly, they can become victims of this crime, as evidenced by the San Antonio, Texas discovery in June 2022 of 53 migrants—including children—who died in a tractor-trailer as they attempted to enter the United States illegally. Fraud Prevention. Fraud Trends.