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Financial Crime
Jailed UK art dealer ignored due diligence platformʼs alert on Hezbollah financier
Jailed UK art dealer Oghenochuko Ojiri, who knowingly sold art to a sanctioned Hezbollah financier, subscribed to and used an...
Social
IOSCO: regulators target finfluencers, many report enforcements
International securities regulators are targeting finfluencers, with nearly half (44%) reporting enforcement actions related to online financial content, according to...
Enforcement Actions
Q1 fines top $7bn globally thanks to Ponzi penalty
Financial services fines in the first quarter of 2025 topped $7 billion globally thanks to a $5.9 billion civil penalty...
Enforcement Actions
Commissioner: SEC’s crypto dismissals undermine our credibility
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) has come under fire by one of its own commissioners for its dismissal...
Enforcement Actions
Jailed crypto ATM operator known to UK authorities for years before conviction
UK authorities knew about unauthorised crypto automated teller machine (ATM) operator Olumide Osunkoya for years prior to his conviction in...
Financial Crime
Barclays faces second financial crime investigation in three years
Barclays is facing its second financial crime investigation in the UK in three years, the bank has revealed in its...
UK Regulation
FCA pulled 95 PSP authorisations, opened 9 enforcements
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) pulled permissions or revoked authorisations for 95 payment services providers (PSP) in 2024, according...
Enforcement Actions
FCA’s enforcement focus on fincrime, consumers will continue
Pensions mis-selling, financial crime systems and control failings, and mistreatment of vulnerable customers were again key themes behind fines issued...
