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In Minnesota, alongside other senior U.S. officials, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent today announced several initiatives to combat the rampant fraud that has wasted billions of dollars in Minnesota. As part of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Treasury continues to work tirelessly to protect American

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Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Panama- and Greece-based law firm Karnakis and Karnakis, which has supported illicit Iranian shipping activity for years, indirectly aiding Tehran’s ability to generate revenue to fund its military, weapons, and nuclear programs. Throughout Operation Economic Outcast,

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified approximately $270 million in suspicious financial activity potentially linked to fraud against federal student aid programs. FinCEN has referred these findings to federal investigators to pursue potential fraud schemes targeting federal student aid

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Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Alert asking financial institutions to report potential Iranian regime abuse of religious charity networks, including diversion of religious tithes, or khums.Resources

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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it has assessed a $1.2 billion penalty against Bank of America, N.A. (Bank of America) for its failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and illicit finance along the

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Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), 31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq., and its implementing regulations at 31 C.F.R. Chapter X (formerly 31 C.F.R. Part 103), FinCEN may bring an enforcement action for violations of the reporting, recordkeeping, or other requirements of the BSA. FinCEN's Office of Enforcement evaluates enforcement matters

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is withdrawing the following proposed rules that would have imposed certain regulatory requirements on financial institutions related to certain digital assets, specifically convertible virtual currencies:

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Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took unprecedented action against the A7 Network, a shadow banking network with ties to Russia used by the Iranian regime to evade sanctions. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that would prohibit transmittals of

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