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What Happens If You Don't File an FBAR

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It is common for a US taxpayer to ask “what happens if you don’t file an FBAR or a Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Assets with the IRS? Why do I have to worry about filing an FBAR in San Diego or anywhere in the US,...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 23, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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SDNY Sentences Danske Bank in Massive AML Scandal

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Factual Statement Is a Tale of Whistleblowing, High-Risk Customers, and Misleading U.S. Banks - Earlier this month, Danske Bank was sentenced in the Southern District of New York to three years of probation and forfeiture...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 8, 2022)

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Regulatory Announcements- FTC Commissioner Phillips Plans to Leave the Agency in the Fall, Per Media Reports. On August 8, several media outlets reported that FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips informed his staff through a memo...more

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Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 1 – It’s Even Worse Than Imagined

I did not think that the Wells Fargo fraudulent accounts scandal could get worse for the bank. Boy was I wrong. Last week, in a Press Release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a that Wells Fargo & Company and its...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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As the scandal grows, WF’s newish CEO, Timothy Sloan, faces the unfortunate reality of being a company man (30-years at Wells) when the foundations of that company are cracking....more

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Damming the Funding to North Korea: Anticipatory Seizure Warrants as a Tool to Enforce Sanctions and Thwart Money Laundering...

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Two days after North Korea’s successful long-range ballistic missile test, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a memorandum opinion which granted the Department of Justice “damming” warrants to seize...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Wells Fargo’s board not only issued a massive report on its fake account scandal yesterday. It also announced that the bank would claw back an additional $75 million from former CEO John Stumpf and former head of community...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Streetwise traces Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi’s big-time current troubles to a meeting nearly a decade ago and the ill-fated deal reached there that’s led to the downfall of 3 (and probably 4) of the world’s biggest and...more

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DOJ Criminal Prosecution of Wells Fargo: What to Expect?

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Compliance and enforcement headlines have focused on the Wells Fargo scandal. And for good reason. On September 8, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.23.16

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Well, see, Yahoo just doesn’t have enough on its plate these days. So why not the revelation that hackers stole data on 500 million users in 2014? The hack—thought to be a state-sponsored affair—is likely the biggest data...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.21.16

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Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.19.16

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Gretchen Morgenson and Fair Game have had a few days to reflect on the Bayer/Monsanto deal, and with that little bit of hindsight (and a lot of history), she’s not too sure that Bayer’s stockholders are going to be thrilled...more

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Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

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Department of Justice Reprioritizes Asset Seizure in Structuring Cases But Risks Remain

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On December 23, 2014, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina filed a Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem seeking to forfeit $107,702.66 belonging to Lyndon McLellan, the owner of L&M Convenient Mart...more

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DOJ Announces Major Policy Change on Use of Asset Forfeiture for Structuring Offenses

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We previously reported that the Internal Revenue Service had been criticized for its controversial, yet legal, practice of seizing bank accounts when the account holder is suspected of engaging in “structuring.” ...more

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IRS and DOJ Crack Down on Cash Reporting Violations

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Federal law requires that anyone engaged in a trade or business who receives more than $10,000 in U.S. currency is required to file a Form 8300 (available here) with the Internal Revenue Service. Failure to do so can subject...more

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Crackdown on US Tax Evaders With Secret Offshore Accounts Leads to International Banking Reforms

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Miriam Fisher, global Co-chair of the firm's Tax Controversy Practice, focuses her practice on federal tax controversy and litigation, including complex civil and criminal tax matters. Fisher spoke at the November 6, 2013...more

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