Iraq bans 8 local banks from US dollar transactions
By Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has banned eight local commercial banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of U.S.…
Bausch Health And Bausch + Lomb Corporation Announce Closing Of Initial Public Offering Of Bausch + Lomb And Related Debt Transactions
LAVAL, QC and VAUGHAN, ON, May 10, 2022 — Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) (“Bausch + Lomb”) and Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health”) today announced the closing of…
Wells Fargo says its software was used for transactions with sanctioned entities
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co has disclosed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control that certain foreign banks used its software to conduct transactions with sanctioned entities, the bank said in…
Over 665,000 real estate agents in the U.S. get Lone Wolf Transactions as a member benefit
Associations across the country keep real estate’s leading transaction management solution in their members’ hands Tweet this “These incredible associations have stepped up and are supporting their members at a crucial time,”…
Police Searching for Woman Wanted for Series of Fraudulent Transactions
From the Office of the Montgomery County Department of Police, Public Service Announcement GERMANTOWN, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Investigative Section are investigating a…
New Jersey’s Recreational Cannabis Consumers Can Enjoy Legitimate, No-Cash, No-Fee Transactions with CanPay
LITTLETON, Colo., April 20, 2022 — Consumers will be able to make no-fee cannabis purchases using CanPay, the largest legitimate payment network for cannabis merchants and consumers, at six leading New Jersey…
U.S. Treasury issues general license for wind-down of transactions involving Sberbank units
BOSTON – The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it was issuing a general license authorizing the wind-down of transactions involving SB Sberbank Kazakhstan and Sberbank Europe AG through July 11. The United…
Roswell escrow manager arraigned on charges of wire fraud and illegal transactions
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner, 43, of Roswell, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court today on a 38-count indictment charging him with 34 counts of wire fraud and four counts…
Ukraine asks EU, British, Japanese and U.S. central banks to ban rouble transactions
(Reuters) – The governor of Ukraine’s central bank urged the central banks of the European Union, the United States, Japan and Britain to ban transactions in the Russian or Belarusian rouble over…
U.S. Treasury official sees modest uptick in crypto illicit finance, but transactions small
By Andrea Shalal and Hannah Lang WASHINGTON – U.S. officials have observed an uptick in the use of digital assets to facilitate illicit finance since Russia invaded Ukraine, but the transaction volume…
Brazil unveils plan to cut taxes on forex transactions by 2029
BRASILIA – Brazil’s government published a decree on Tuesday to phase out taxes on financial operations using foreign exchange, known as IOF taxes, as part of an effort to join the Organization…
EU agrees sanctions on 14 oligarchs, blocks transactions with Belarus cbank
BRUSSELS – The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on 14 more Russian oligarchs, freeze relations with Belarus’ central bank and curb three top lenders in that country, the EU Commission…
Carlisle Woman Sentenced For Illegal Monetary Transactions Involving Covid-19 Relief Funds
HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on February 28, 2022, Christina McConnell, age 43, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court…
U.S. issues new general license on Afghanistan financial transactions – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan government institutions. The new license…
Russia’s VTB asks corporate clients to stay away from forex transactions, Ifax says
MOSCOW – Russian state bank VTB, the country’s second biggest bank, Russia’s no.2 bank, asked its corporate clients to refrain from transactions in U.S. dollars and euros to ‘minimize risks given current…
Former Omaha ATF Agent Sentenced for Structuring Money Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Paul A. White, age 52, a former federal agent with the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau in Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in the District Court of Nebraska…
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