Nordea Risks Money Laundering Fine Near $1 Billion, Experts Say July 12, 2024 By Sara Sjolin Nordea Bank could face an estimated maximum fine of almost $1 billion over alleged failures to stop money laundering if...
Alex Murdaugh’s Friend Gets Almost 4 Years in Prison for Helping Steal from Dead Maid’s Family August 17, 2023 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four...
Maid’s Son Tells Judge Alex Murdaugh Took $4 Million for Her Death February 6, 2023 By Jeffrey Collins For much of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, witnesses have talked about a generous and loving...
Justice Dept. Charges Russian Founder of Cryptocurrency Firm January 20, 2023 By Eric Tucker and Josh Boak WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian national who founded a cryptocurrency exchange that the Justice Department says became a haven for...
D&O Insurer Dodges Coverage for $4.9M Embezzlement Scheme January 4, 2023 A directors and officers insurer has no duty to defend a New Mexico financial organization from litigation filed after its...
US Banks Reported $1 Billion in 2021 Ransomware Payments November 2, 2022 By Jack Gillum US financial institutions reported nearly $1.2 billion on likely ransomware-related payments last year, most commonly in response to breaches originating...
Fireman’s Fund Must Defend ‘Lottery Lawyer’ in Fraud Case July 18, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson As the criminal trial of a New York lawyer charged with bilking lottery winners out of millions of dollars got...
Crypto Crime Hit Record $14 Billion in 2021, Research Shows January 6, 2022 By Tom Wilson LONDON — Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday,...
US Poised to Sue Contractors Who Don’t Report Cyber Breaches October 8, 2021 By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants...
White House Blacklists Russian Ransomware Payment ‘Enabler’ September 23, 2021 By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration sought Tuesday to choke the finances of criminal ransomware gangs, announcing sanctions against a...