Israeli billionaire Steinmetz detained in intl. fraud, forgery & money laundering probe

Israeli police detained billionaire Beny Steinmetz and four other men Monday, as part of an international fraud investigation spanning four continents. The detainees allegedly “acted together and methodically with the prime suspect in order to create and present fictitious contracts and deals… on a foreign country in order to transfer funds and launder money,” an […]

Officials arrest suspect in $4 billion Bitcoin money laundering scheme

Enlarge (credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) Police in Greece have arrested a man wanted in the United States for allegedly running a massive Bitcoin-based money laundering operation, according to the Associated Press. Authorities say the 38-year-old Russian man was responsible for converting $ 4 billion in illicit, conventional cash into virtual currency. The suspect hasn’t been publicly named, […]

Russian govt targets money laundering, terrorism sponsorship with new proposals

Published time: 28 Mar, 2017 11:59Edited time: 28 Mar, 2017 12:29 The Russian government has drafted a bill that, if passed, would oblige auditors to report any operations conducted by their clients that raise suspicion of money laundering or sponsorship of terrorism. The draft was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week, but the […]