FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) held a FinCEN Exchange, a public-private partnership event aimed at countering illicit finance. The event—which convened global financial institutions, federal law enforcement agencies, and Treasury officials—focused on denying individual Chinese money launders access to the U.S. and global financial

0 Comments

Whistleblower Office announces new digital Form 211

IR-2025-123, Dec. 19, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Office today announced that it is making it easier for whistleblowers to report tax noncompliance to the IRS with the launch of the new digital Form 211, Application for Award for Original Information.

0 Comments

Treasury, IRS allow States to make an Advance Election to participate in the new federal tax credit for individual contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill

IR-2025-121, Dec. 12, 2025 — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Revenue Procedure 2026-6 allowing States, including the District of Columbia, to make an Advance Election to participate in a new tax credit for calendar year 2027.

0 Comments

FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON—The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $3,500,000 civil money penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (collectively, Paxful) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering law that safeguards the financial system from illicit use. Paxful,

Comments Off on FinCEN.gov

FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a Financial Trend Analysis on ransomware incidents in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data between 2022 and 2024, which totaled more than $2.1 billion in ransomware payments.

0 Comments