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    • Treasury Targets ISIS Facilitators and Disrupts Terrorist Financial Networks

      OFAC

      WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities across Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa for facilitating financial transactions on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This action targets key facilitators who enable ISIS to move funds among its regional affiliates and in so doing helps protect the rights of religious minorities who have been targeted by ISIS and ISIS-inspired violence.  Regardless of the financial instrument, method of transmission, or location of the funds, the Treasury Department will relentlessly pursue ISIS’s finances and disrupt their ability to harm Americans.

    • FinCEN Announces Recipients of Its 11th Law Enforcement Awards Program

      FinCEN

      WASHINGTON—Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recognized seven cases during its Law Enforcement Awards Program for effectively using Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data to support criminal prosecutions and safeguard the U.S. financial system. “These awards recognize the incredible difference law enforcement officers and prosecutors make through their use of BSA information,” said FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki. “This work not only protects our country from serious crimes, but it is paying huge dividends for taxpayers, businesses, and our financial institution partners by identifying, combating, and even recovering the proceeds of illicit finance.”

    • SFO to secure further £491,000 from Jakarta expat scammer

      Serious Fraud Office

      Today, the SFO secured an additional £491,967.97 uplift to the 2009 confiscation order against Alan Edwin Gardner, 57, after uncovering additional assets. Gardner defrauded a number of overseas investors through a fictitious investment scheme targeting British expats by falsely claiming their money was being invested through reputable Swiss bank UBS AG.

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