Latest Money laundering News

Colombian customs official pleads guilty in money laundering case tied to DEA misconduct
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A Colombian customs worker admitted his role Tuesday in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a case that threatened to expose dirty dealings between U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and their informants. Omar...

Woman gets more than 3-year prison term for helping pregnant Chinese women get to US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than 3 years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens. U.S. District Judge R. Gary...

Corporate Transparency Act still on hold after Supreme Court lifts injunction
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses are still not required to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN — for now. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money laundering statue passed in 2021. Under the CTA, the...

Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect, aimed at money laundering
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a requirement that owners of millions of small businesses register with an arm of the Treasury Department charged with fighting money laundering and other financial crimes. The justices granted an emergency plea made by the...

Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. It's yet another blow for the former...

Business owners should not forget anti-money laundering rule currently in legal limbo
Small business owners should not forget about a rule — currently in legal limbo — that would require them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money...

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge
MIAMI (AP) — The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás...

Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas returned to Mexico after US sentence, is quickly re-arrested
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges. There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas...

Man sentenced for helping pregnant Chinese women travel to give birth in the US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man was sentenced Monday to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison for running an extensive business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship. U.S. authorities had sought...

Indonesia arrests a Chinese man wanted by Beijing over money laundering charges
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese man sought by Beijing for allegedly helping transfer and laundering almost $18 million from a criminal online gambling group in China, officials said Thursday. Yan Zhenxing was detained Monday by immigration...
