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[TRENDING NEWS] As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales

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Author: BY GRAHAM BOWLEY - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 01:01AM Secrecy has long been part of the art market’s mystique, but now lawmakers say they fear it fosters abuses and should be addressed.

[TRENDING NEWS] Former White House Adviser Is Charged With Stealing From Charter School Network

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: April 28, 2021 at 10:11AM Seth Andrew, who served in the Obama administration, stole more than $200,000 to help him buy a $2 million Manhattan apartment, prosecutors said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Hunter Biden Discloses He Is Focus of Federal Tax Inquiry

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Author: BY ADAM GOLDMAN, KATIE BENNER AND KENNETH P. VOGEL - Publish Date: December 10, 2020 at 08:00AM Mr. Biden said Justice Department prosecutors in Delaware had said they were examining his “tax affairs.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Spain’s Juan Carlos Makes a Big Tax Payment Amid New Financial Probe

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Author: BY RAPHAEL MINDER - Publish Date: December 10, 2020 at 06:52AM The former king of Spain paid about $820,000, his lawyer said. He did not say why, but the news came amid the latest investigation into possible financial wrongdoing by Juan Carlos.

[TRENDING NEWS] International Crime Ring That Trafficked in Shark Fins Is Dismantled, U.S. Says

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Author: BY AIMEE ORTIZ - Publish Date: September 5, 2020 at 09:38AM Law enforcement agents documented the harvest of more than six tons of shark fins, officials said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Former Prime Minister, Found Guilty in Graft Trial

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Author: BY RICHARD C. PADDOCK - Publish Date: July 28, 2020 at 11:31AM The trial was the first of several related to the pilfering of billions from the 1MDB fund, a national scandal that led to the ouster of Mr. Najib’s party in 2018.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Bank That Kept Saying Yes to Trump

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: May 23, 2019 at 07:00AM Despite repeated red flags over two decades, Deutsche Bank lent Donald Trump more than $2 billion, becoming the president’s biggest creditor — and a bearer of his financial secrets.

[TRENDING NEWS] Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts

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Author: DAVID ENRICH - Publish Date: May 19, 2019 at 07:00AM Anti-money laundering specialists proposed filing “suspicious activity reports” about transactions connected to President Trump and his son-in-law. Bank managers said no.

[TRENDING NEWS] Ex-Goldman Banker Is Expected to Plead Not Guilty in 1MDB Case

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Author: MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: May 6, 2019 at 07:00AM Roger Ng is expected to be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday after being flown from Malaysia over the weekend.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Scandinavian Banks’ Clean Reputations Are Threatened by Dirty Money

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Author: JACK EWING - Publish Date: April 6, 2019 at 07:00AM Once known for prudence, Danske Bank and Swedbank are at the vortex of multifaceted money laundering scandals. Here’s how to make sense of them.

[TRENDING NEWS] Facebook and Google Wired $100 Million for Fake Invoices, Court Documents Show

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Author: JACEY FORTIN - Publish Date: March 25, 2019 at 07:00AM A Lithuanian man pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and said he was part of a scheme to imitate vendors and fraudulently invoice corporations.