In this episode, we are joined by Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz, Senior Analyst with IRS Criminal Investigation. Special Agent Schnatz will discuss his work with an international law enforcement and tax compliance group, and...more
3/5/2024
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Fraud ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Returns ,
White Collar Crimes
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has been very active in the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) / Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) space, as reflected by a recent series of individual prosecutions and corporate non-prosecution agreements...more
2/1/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banks ,
BSA/AML ,
Casinos ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
As required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act (“AML Act”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued on June 30, 2021 its 14-page assessment regarding the feasibility of FinCEN issuing so-called “no-action”...more
ABA Tax Fraud Panel to Discuss IRS CI and Crypto Criminals -
The Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) has made it clear that it is focusing on the abuse of digital currencies to further tax evasion,...more
12/10/2019
/ Bitcoin ,
Capital Gains ,
Child Pornography ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Dark Web ,
Data-Sharing ,
Digital Currency ,
Digital Wallets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exploitation ,
Extradition ,
Financial Crimes ,
Income Taxes ,
Indictments ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Evasion ,
Virtual Currency
Organization Excels at Niche Branding but Stumbles in Avoiding Enforcement -
The first paragraph of the press release sums it up:
Today the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action...more
12/6/2019
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Entities ,
Malware ,
Money Laundering ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Treasury
FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco delivered prepared remarks on August 13 at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference. We previously have blogged repeatedly on the anti-money laundering (“AML”) and Bank...more
8/15/2019
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
BSA/AML ,
Casinos ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Gambling ,
Money Laundering ,
Online Gaming
The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (“OCC”) issued an extraordinary announcement regarding the decision of a former bank general counsel – Daniel Weiss, formerly employed by Rabobank, N.A. – to enter into a Consent...more
DOJ Targets Professional Enablers of Alleged Tax and Laundering Schemes -
On December 4, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an elaborate indictment charging three professionals —...more
12/14/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Financial Crimes ,
Indictments ,
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Tax Evasion ,
White Collar Crimes
The beleaguered law firm at the center of the international Panama Papers scandal – Mossack Fonseca – has announced that it is closing its doors. It offered no apologies....more
3/16/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Breach ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Popular ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Haven ,
White Collar Crimes
As the world now knows, an indictment against Paul Manafort, Jr., a former campaign chairperson for now-President Donald Trump, and Manafort’s associate, Richard Gates III, was unsealed yesterday. ...more
10/31/2017
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Investigations ,
FBAR ,
FBI ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Agents ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Indictments ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
Offshore Banks ,
Offshore Funds ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Corruption ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Tax Evasion ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Describing him as a “longtime Mexican Drug Kingpin,” the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of Treasury has designated Raul Flores Hernandez and the “Flores Drug Trafficking Organization,” or ...more
In this post, we consider the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General report (OIG Report), released on March 29, 2017, evaluating the DOJ’s oversight of its cash seizure and forfeiture operations. This...more
4/12/2017
/ Asset Seizure ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Collection ,
DEA ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Forfeiture ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
OIG ,
Tax Structuring
The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (El Aissami), was designated on Monday by the U.S. Department of Treasury as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics...more
2/15/2017
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ,
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Officials ,
Money Laundering ,
Narcotics ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venezuela ,
White Collar Crimes
The field of forfeiture saw significant action in 2016. The IRS offered to return forfeited funds used in structuring, but Congress still may clip its ability to forfeit such funds. Meanwhile, DOJ renewed a controversial...more
2/7/2017
/ Asset Seizure ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Forfeiture ,
IRS ,
Luis v United States ,
Money Laundering ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment