The U.S. Treasury Department published its first-ever comprehensive risk assessment of NFTs for illicit finance, determining that bad actors can exploit NFT platforms for money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. The report highlights techniques including overpaying for …
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Roger Stone and wife settled DOJ civil lawsuit for $2.1 million over unpaid taxes (2007-2018) and alleged fraudulent transfers. DOJ claimed Stones used Drake Ventures entity and Bertran Trust to evade $1.7M in taxes and hide assets from IRS collection efforts, funding their political influence …
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Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $150 million in penalties for its failure to properly monitor Jeffrey Epstein’s banking activities. The bank processed hundreds of transactions for Epstein even after his 2008 conviction, including payments to potential co-conspirators and alleged victims. …
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Donald Trump sold the Palm Beach estate to Russian businessman Dmitry
Rybolovlev for $95 million in July 2008. The structure was demolished in 2016
and the land subdivided; subsequent lot sales totaled roughly $108 million.
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