Financial Crime Compliance | Training | Advisory
A MONTH after police warned the public to be wary of a growing trend of pyramid schemes in TT – also called “sou sou” schemes – nine people including a member of the defence force were held and a large quantity of cash seized by police after a raid at a house in La Horquetta…
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, one of the banks reportedly mentioned in a leaked document of the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), said it is diligent in filing Suspicious Activity Reports when appropriate and adheres to a robust due diligence process in a secured and controlled environment.“CIMB Group takes its role…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office is interrogating one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who defrauds unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was arrested by…
Summary List Placement Thousands of leaked documents shared with hundreds of journalists reveal how some of the world’s biggest banks have for years facilitated the movement of dirty money. The documents are part of a collection of files that belongs to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, an agency operating under the Treasury Department to detect…
As we push through the final two months of this presidential race, Microsoft says it has found hundreds of new cyber attacks targeting both presidential campaigns. Elizabeth Neumann, who served as DHS Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security
The Trump administration’s latest Space Policy Directive, SPD-5, details policies the government believes the country’s public and private space agencies should adopt to protect their systems from hacking threats. Some of the best practices the docum…
Three little words: Patches, passwords, policies The continued inability of organizations to patch security vulnerabilities in a timely manner, combined with guessable passwords and the spread of automated hacking tools, is making it pretty easy for miscreants, professionals, and thrill-seekers to break into corporate networks.…
In 1954, Kevin Green got his Social Security card and started picking cotton for $3 per hundred pounds in a tiny agricultural town in California’s Central Valley. He was five years old. One of seven children, he used the money to buy school supplies. He kept working—and paying into the Social Security system—through high school,…
Election cybersecurity experts said Tuesday that “the electorate may not be prepared for how long it’s going to take” for winners to be declared after the general election on November 3rd. A panel that included two cybersecurity experts who served in the White House agreed that simply counting ballots may take a week or two. …
Description A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare Credits Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alt Text Vladimir Putin A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare In Depth Thursday, July 23, 2020 – 9:35am Dorothy Denning, emeritus distinguished professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School,…
