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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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It also said the bank’s Check Cashing Group admitted that it failed to file thousands of suspicious activity reports (SARs) as well as thousands of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from 2008 to 2014. The statement from FinCEN said Capital One established the Check Cashing Group as a business unit within its commercial bank in 2008.

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Guess How Much Tax Evasion Costs US Taxpayers?

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The Internal Revenue Service has estimated that the business of tax evasion is a costly one for the government. Tax cheats cost the government as much as $458 billion annually, according to data tabulated between 2008 and 2010. As noted by Fortune , public awareness over tax evasion has been heightened.

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Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details

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A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. The database, which is believed to have been exposed for two weeks, was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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Compliance failures are prevalent worldwide: Approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance between 2008 and 2018. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . imposed a full $23.52

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London’s Dirty Little (Money Laundering) Secret

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office were facilitating tax evasion and money laundering. office in London, revealed that back in 2008 secretive techniques and services were being offered to clients that would allow them to conceal assets. A former employee at Swiss bank BSI, who worked at the bank’s U.K. But as the FT’s reports showed, U.K.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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This week opened with Hector Barreto — the current Chair of the Latino Coalition and a former SBA Administrator from 2001-2008 – wondering what on Earth had happened to the economic message during this particular election season. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible? Can someone please make capital available?

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Union Budget 2021: Highlights

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However, in case of serious tax-evasion cases (Rs. Affordable housing projects to get a tax holiday for one year. A Unified Securities Market Code to be created, consolidating provisions of the Sebi Act, Depositories Act, and two other laws. Proposal to decriminalise Limited Liability Partnership Act of 2008. in 2021-22.

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