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A joint report published by the government and the National Cyber Security Centre this week revealed the fact that only 16% of boards of FTSE 350 firms claim to fully understand the impact of loss or disruption associated with cyber threats, despite 96% having a cyber security strategy in place.   https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783263/FTSE_350_Cyber_Governance_Health_Check_2018.pdf While this report […]

Boards at some of the UK’s biggest companies still don’t fully understand the potential impact of a cyber attack according to a new report. The Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check looks at the approach the UK’s FTSE 350 companies take for cyber security. The 2018 report published today shows that less than a fifth (16%) […]

Mozambique’s Former Finance Minister Indicted Alongside Other Former Mozambican Officials, Business Executives, and Investment Bankers in Alleged $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme that Victimized U.S. Investors A four-count indictment was returned on Dec. 19, 2018, by a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York, charging two executives of a shipbuilding company, […]

BROOKLYN, NY – An indictment was unsealed on March 4, 2019, charging Najib Allam, an executive of the Privinvest family of maritime services companies, and Teofilo Nhangumele and Antonio do Rosario, former Mozambican government officials, for their roles in a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme that victimized investors in the United States and […]

The DOJ unsealed charges Thursday against an Uzbek telecom exec and the daughter of the former Uzbek president for their roles in an $866 million bribery and money laundering scheme. The indictment makes for interesting reading:  https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1141641/download  

First UK Sanction (OFSI) monetary penalty On 21 January 2019, OFSI imposed its first monetary penalty. The penalty is £5,000 on Raphaels Bank in the UK for violating EU Egypt sanctions, namely dealing with £200 in funds belonging to a designated person. OFSI reduced the penalty by 50% from £10,000 because Raphaels Banks itself disclosed […]

Back in 2015 MORE than 20 major fraud cases involving millions of pounds being allegedly laundered through Jersey banks by people from all over the world are being actively investigated by financial crime detectives, the States police have revealed. The operations department of the Joint Financial Crimes Unit are working on 23 ‘major’ investigations, some […]

The Justice Department announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $38 million in assets allegedly associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.  Combined with civil forfeiture complaints filed in July 2016 seeking more than $1 […]