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Oct 21, 2024 | 
newsbiella.it | Alessio Evangelista
Si sta diffondendo in questi giorni un particolare sistema di truffa online. Per rendere le comunicazioni più credibili i truffatori hanno escogitato un nuovo metodo; tramite l’utilizzo di un indirizzo di posta elettronica certificata (Pec) comunicano a ignari utenti un mancato pagamento, o un servizio in scadenza, o, ancora, la sottoscrizione di un contratto. Il destinatario della mail è indotto a credere alla legittimità della comunicazione in virtù della veste ufficiale che questa ricopre.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Chorazak |Adam Cohen |Alessio Evangelista
The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed a rule (the Proposed Rule) to implement certain aspects of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the AML Act), which updated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to strengthen and modernize the U.S. anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime by focusing regulatory scrutiny on the most significant national security and illicit financing threats.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alessio Evangelista |James Fredricks |Andrew Good
On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division unveiled a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals that offers non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily disclose “original information” about certain types of crimes and who meet certain criteria.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alessio Evangelista |Eytan Fisch |Amy Heller
The Corporate Transparency Act and its implementing regulations (together CTA) came into effect on January 1, 2024, requiring entities within its scope to disclose information, including about their beneficial owners, to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN has issued guidance to help clarify key aspects of these sweeping reporting requirements.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Anita Bandy |Jack DiCanio |Alessio Evangelista |Steven Glaser |Andrew Good |Steve Kwok | +6 more
In a speech on October 24, 2023, the director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Enforcement Division, Gurbir Grewal, described the scenarios in which the commission would bring an enforcement action against a compliance officer.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Alessio Evangelista |Eytan Fisch |Steven Glaser
In the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) latest effort to promote voluntary self-disclosure of corporate misconduct by companies, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco has announced guidance regarding a new safe harbor policy related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jack DiCanio |Brian Egan |Alessio Evangelista
On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) National Security Division (NSD), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a joint compliance note summarizing procedures for voluntarily disclosing potential violations of sanctions, export control and other national security laws, and emphasizing the significant mitigating impact a disclosure can have on civil...
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Mar 17, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brian Egan |Alessio Evangelista |Eytan Fisch
Takeaways The U.S. government is putting new emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those who evade sanctions and export control rules — moves that may require some companies to reassess their compliance programs.
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Mar 3, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jack DiCanio |Alessio Evangelista |Steven Glaser
On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) adopted a new policy that establishes a national standard for voluntary self-disclosure credit in corporate criminal enforcement actions brought by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAO). Like the DOJ Criminal Division’s recently updated Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, the USAO policy was developed at the direction of Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco.
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Feb 7, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Alessio Evangelista |Eytan Fisch |Andrew Good
On January 17, 2023, U.S. law enforcement authorities in Miami arrested Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the founder and majority owner of Hong Kong-based virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd., on charges of money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
