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Winter 2008 Newsletter

MSB’s – Next Wave of Regulation Actions

In recent weeks, we have observed what seems is a surge of regulation actions hitting money service businesses (MSBs). Take for example, a California MSB, the “leading remitter of money transfers from U.S. to Mexico,” entered a record settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice including a $5 million penalty and $9.7 million agreement to upgrade their AML program, resulting from suspicious transactions between the U.S. and Mexico.

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Included in this edition of the Source:

  • Largest Bank Fraud Yet Uncovered

Past Newsletters

Spring 2007 Newsletter

  • Trade-Based Money Laundering: Important Channel of Criminal Activity

Winter 2007 Newsletter

  • FINCEN Reports Real Estate Industry Popular Target for Money Launderers

Fall 2006 Newsletter

  • The Cost of Doing Business

Summer 2006

  • Securities Industry
  • Money Laundering

Winter 2004

  • Money Laundering
  • Forensic Accounting

Summer 2003

  • Business Intelligence
  • C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Spring 2003

  • USA PATRIOT Act
  • Fraud

Fall 2002

  • Business Disputes
  • Counterfeiting

Summer 2002

  • Establishing Jurisdiction
  • Due Diligence Processes

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