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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...
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 simple $10,000 trigger in a checking account does not automatically mean the is ; federal law requires financial institutions and businesses to report certain cash transactions over $10,000, but tho...
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...
is a cash‑transaction reporting rule that obligates precious‑metal dealers to notify the government when they receive more than $10,000 in cash (or related cash instruments) in a single transaction or...
Evidence from multiple dark‑web researchers and security trackers shows STYX Market was active and influential across 2023–2025 and still reported as a live, operating marketplace into 2026; however, ...
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...
screening is focused on threats to aviation safety, not on policing wealth, so there is no federal TSA limit on how much cash a traveler may carry domestically; nonetheless visible or unusually large ...
The short answer is: generally no — the longstanding, cash-reporting trigger for financial institutions remains , but targeted temporary rules and expanded reporting on certain businesses and in speci...
Yes — though less common today than cryptocurrency-based schemes, sellers on dark‑web markets and fraud forums have historically offered Western Union cash‑out services and stolen Western Union transf...
has been the focus of sprawling federal and state fraud investigations into multiple social-services programs, with prosecutors saying dozens have been convicted and investigators probing programs tha...
—officially the Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments (CMIR)—requires anyone transporting more than $10,000 in currency or specified monetary instruments to file a...
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...
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 ...
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...
requires businesses to report receipts of “cash” over $10,000 because Congress and regulators treat large cash receipts as a red flag for , and other crimes . The IRS and define “cash” broadly to incl...