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OFAC Enforcement Actions Highlight Risks to Software Providers & MSBs

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On April 29, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced two settlements of potential civil liability with two companies over their apparent violations of its regulations. The...more

The Volkov Law Group

MoneyGram CCO Pays Civil Penalty

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Like any other profession, the compliance profession is not immune to bad apples. Lawyers know the law but have been criminally prosecuted for breaking the law. The same goes for compliance professionals....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Raising the Stakes for AML Compliance Officers: Court Refuses to Rule Out Potential Liability for Role in Employer's BSA...

Why it matters - A federal court judge in Minnesota has rejected the motion of a former chief compliance officer to dismiss the U.S. government's claim that he is liable under the federal Bank Secrecy Act for his...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Compliance Failures Result in Million-Dollar Fines and a Jail Sentence for AML Compliance Officers

Why it matters - In two separate actions in a two-day period at the end of 2014, one former BSA/AML compliance officer was sentenced to two years in prison and forfeited almost $1 million and another was fined $1...more

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