Money Laundering? $17k Fee Charged on a $1k Litecoin Transaction

The transaction took place on Thursday, May 23rd, and was mined by the China-based mining pool LTC.top in block 1636831. The fee was so massive that it caused the average transaction fee on the Litecoin network to jump from $0.05 to $0.70. Transaction fees haven’t been that high since Litecoin was worth $400 a pop at

Money laundering for Sharifs: remand of accused extended till June 10 

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended physical remand of two accused, allegedly involved in money laundering for Shehbaz Sharif family, till June 10. Accountability Court Judge Syed Jawadul Hassan conducted the case proceedings wherein National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials produced Fazal

Whistleblowers: Drug company offered ‘bribes’ doctors to boost sales 

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The effort, the whistleblowers said in a lawsuit against the company, was part of an intentional “multi-tiered strategy” by Questcor Pharmaceuticals, now Mallinckrodt, to boost sales of H.P. Acthar Gel, cheating the government out of millions of dollars. The price of the

Japan FSA Set to Put Bitcoin Exchanges to Task Over Money Laundering

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan is set to introduce even more stringent regulatory measures for Bitcoin exchanges in the country. The move comes as the country’s top financial regulator tries to improve its anti-money laundering (AML) protocols with review by the Financial

Fake news accounts active on Twitter ahead of EU Parliament elections  

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Working with a cyber security analyst, Yle found that Twitter was a hotbed of activity aimed at undermining EU citizens’ confidence in the region. While a few accounts were responsible for disseminating misleading information and outright fake news, ordinary citizens were also

Africa and The Anti-Corruption Generation

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Partnership Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) held its Bi-Annual Community meeting in Switzerland between the 21-22nd of May. The above topic was discussed by WEF’s Global Shapers who shared their perspectives of the young generation on anti-corruption. I

‘Denial of service condition’ disrupted US energy company operations  

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News An energy company providing power in several western U.S. states experienced a “denial-of-service condition” serious enough to warrant reporting it to the government’s energy authority. The “cyber event” resulted in “interruptions of electrical system operations” for more than 10 hours on March 5,

The disturbing question of why Canada’s done so little to end money laundering

— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News There is a principle of financial investigation so old that it’s often used in its original Latin: Cui bono? The question of who benefits, as the term translates, implies that, if you are trying to solve any crime — particularly one involving money — you must look for who stood to