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NEWS: Iran accepting crypto for weapons payments to evade sanctions

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The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organisation's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

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By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

IRAN is offering to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto, including ballistic missiles, drones and warships, in an effort to bypass western sanctions.

Iran’s Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, says it will negotiate contracts allowing payment in digital currencies.

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  • SFC reprimands and fines Saxo Capital Markets HK Limited $4 million for regulatory breaches over distribution of virtual asset-related products

    Securities and Futures Commission

    The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Saxo Capital Markets HK Limited (SCMHK) $4 million for failures in distributing virtual asset (VA) funds not authorised by the SFC and VA-related products (collectively, VA Products) on the firm’s online trading platform (Online Platform) . Between 1 November 2018 and 25 November 2022 (Relevant Period), SCMHK allowed retail clients to trade certain VA Products on the Online Platform. These products should only be offered to professional investors (PIs) according to two SFC circulars to intermediaries which were effective at the material time

  • Prosecutors ready to charge new Channel crossing offences

    The Crown Prosecution Service

    From Monday 5 January prosecutors in England and Wales will be able to charge those involved in small boast crossings with new offences that make it illegal to supply items such as engines and those who endanger the lives of others whilst crossing the Channel.

    Guidance issued to its lawyers by the Crown Prosecution Service sets out what they need to prove to charge suspects with new offences contained in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

    While arriving in the UK without authorisation or helping others to do so have been crimes for more than 50 years, the new offences coming into force today are a response to the changing character of immigration crime and how modern gangs operate.

  • Scam alert related to banks

    HKMA

    The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to the press release issued by the bank listed below relating to fraudulent websites, internet banking login screens, phishing emails or other scams, which has been reported to the HKMA.  Hyperlink to the press release is available on the HKMA website.  

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    Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited Fraudulent websites, internet banking login screens and mobile applications (Apps)
     

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