World Money Laundering Report Volume 10 Number 2 is published 21 April 2011
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- Malaysia cracks down on illegal money transfers by bureaux de change
Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank and financial regulator, has revoked the licences of 50 money changers following investigations which have led to allegations that they were involved in money laundering.
- Australia demonstrates benefits of cash transaction reporting
Australian federal authorities have been able to identify more than AUD9 million in fraudulently obtained benefits payments due to the requirement for casinos to report substantial transactions.
- Tesler, KBR and others convicted as Nigerian scam prosecutions conclude
UK solicitor Jeffrey Tesler has been ordered to forfeit USD148,964,568 as part of his plea agreement with the United States Department of Justice arising out of the bribery scandal that enveloped a US-led consortium for the building of oil industry plant at Bonny Island, Nigeria.
- Australia's Victoria to get an anti-corruption body – sometime
The Australian state of Victoria is unusual in the country because it does not have its own "Anti Corruption Commission."
- Woman jailed for horsing around on the internet
Actually, it's not funny. Trina Lee Kenney, 32, of Wrightwood, Los Angeles, USA ran a business selling horses and marketed her business over the internet.
- On-Line poker companies "bought banks"
It's been a long time coming: the USA has been looking for a way to construct serious charges against the owners and operators of internet gambling companies since the industry started.
- FINRA order shows importance of know-your-news
Everyone knows that they must know their customer; most people know they should know their own business and almost as many know about know-your-counterparty. Know your introducer is also important where the introducer completes the due diligence process.
- USA's SEC sues subprime car loan company alleging fraud
The USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has issued proceedings against Inofin, Inc. a provider of "sub-prime" i.e. high-risk motor vehicle loans.
- Insider trading: the risks in outsourced investor relations
Zachary Bryant, 40, of Long Island City, New York has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Bryant was a "vice president" with Lippert Heilshorn & Associates, a US investor relations firm at their Los Angeles office.
- UK: FSA bans compliance officer who went missing
In early 2009, 50 year old Adrian John Bancroft sat, with his wife, in a café in Chester in the north west of England. Telling his wife he had some errands to run, he went out.
- USA: USD200m Medicare fraud
The biggest problem with American Therapeutic Corp. of Miami, Florida was that it just wasn't healthy.
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