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No U.S. senator appears among the persons formally identified or sanctioned in the Department of the Treasury’s public Venezuela-related actions, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reporti...
A large, multi-year investigation into fraud in Minnesota’s social-services programs has resulted in scores of charges concentrated in the Somali diaspora and prompted an aggressive federal enforcemen...
Federal and state fraud prosecutions tied to pandemic-era programs have placed Minnesota’s large Somali diaspora at the center of national scrutiny: prosecutors say a substantial share of those charge...
Minnesota has been the center of an expansive fraud investigation that federal prosecutors say involves dozens of defendants and potentially more than $1 billion in stolen public funds, with the major...
U.S. reporting and government releases show cartels currently move methamphetamine and fentanyl into the United States using a wide mix of routes — ports of entry (passenger vehicles, commercial cargo...
The evidence shows multiple pathways by which authorities have investigated and sometimes penalized financial misconduct linked to Donald J. Trump and his businesses, but . Financial regulators and ci...
Trump’s released tax returns and related reporting show he held in multiple jurisdictions — notably China, Ireland and the United Kingdom — during the 2015–2020 period, and those accounts appear in Ho...
Anonymous shell companies are corporate entities that hide the identity of the real person who control or benefit from them by using nominee directors, nominee shareholders, layered companies, trusts ...
Fentanyl precursors—chemicals like 4‑anilinopiperidine (4‑ANPP), benzylfentanyl, norfentanyl, propionyl chloride, phenethyl bromide, and 4‑piperidone—are identified primarily for their role in illicit...
Carding forums regularly rely on a mix of widely traded coins, privacy-focused tokens and off-ramp services to launder proceeds: mainstream currencies such as Bitcoin and stablecoins like Tether are u...
Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), principally the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), have evolved from transporters to primary producers and distributors o...
There is no current United States federal law that compels banks to require or accept a specific "digital ID" in order to open or maintain retail bank accounts; federal reporting shows proposals and p...
Foreign-owned companies cannot give money directly as “foreign nationals” to U.S. federal campaigns, but legal channels exist that allow U.S.-registered subsidiaries and affiliated entities to partici...
Prepaid and gift cards bought from unknown sellers can be used lawfully, but the safe options depend on whether a card is closed-loop (merchant-specific) or open-loop (network-branded) and on consumer...
Fentanyl consumed in the United States is largely produced from precursor chemicals sourced in China, transformed in clandestine Mexican labs, and then trafficked into U.S. communities via a mix of ov...
Illicit fentanyl is synthesized from a small set of specialized piperidone and piperidine precursor chemicals (examples repeatedly cited include N‑phenethyl‑4‑piperidone (NPP), 4‑anilino‑N‑phenethylpi...
The FBAR form for reporting foreign accounts remains FinCEN Form 114; guidance across government and tax-practice sources repeatedly identifies the FBAR as FinCEN Form 114 . Multiple 2025-era sources ...
U.S. persons must file an FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) when the aggregate value of all their foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year (official FinCEN and IRS guidance...
Dual nationals living overseas must generally file an FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) if their aggregate foreign financial accounts exceed $10,000 at any time during the year, and may also have to file FATCA’s...
Registered agents enable owners to keep their personal names and addresses off many state public formation records by listing the agent’s contact information instead of the owner’s; several states (co...