Money laundering coverage examines how criminals abuse financial systems, digital assets, and stolen data to conceal proceeds and evade detection.
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Money laundering is the process of disguising proceeds from crime so they appear to come from legitimate activity. Criminals may introduce funds into financial services, move them through layers of accounts or assets, and later withdraw or spend them as apparently lawful money. The activity can involve banks, payment processors, online marketplaces, virtual-asset services, and cash businesses; laundering and terrorist financing are related financial-crime concerns but are not identical.
Its information-security relevance is the protection and trustworthy operation of systems used to move and monitor money. Account takeover, stolen identity data, compromised payment APIs, and networks of mule accounts can help conceal transfers; virtual-asset services may add cross-border or pseudonymous transaction paths. Defenders support anti-money-laundering (AML) controls with strong authentication, access limits, tamper-resistant logs, customer and beneficiary verification, and analytics that flag unusual transaction patterns for human review. These systems handle sensitive personal and financial data, so privacy controls, data quality, and secure retention matter alongside regulatory compliance. Preserving relevant logs and transaction records supports investigation and reporting.
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Domain of dark web money laundering platform AudiA6 seized and suspects arrested in joint operation by the FBI, Europol and others
Triad Nexus scales $200m scams, uses infrastructure laundering, localized fraud and US-access blocks
A 39-year-old Russian national is accused of working with cybercriminals to convert criminal proceeds from cryptocurrency into various cash currencies
Germany’s BKA has seized the infrastructure behind the crypto swapping service eXch
Three Russian men have been indicted on money laundering charges connected to cryptocurrency mixers
The National Crime Agency has made scores of arrests in a bid to bring down two major Russian money laundering networks
KPMG research finds money laundering accounted for the majority of fraud cases heard in the first half of 2024
Researchers at Elliptic claim multibillion dollar Huione Guarantee platform is enabler of scams and money laundering
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with laundering over $73m in a pig butchering scheme
Russian national Alexander Vinnik has pleaded guilty to his role in a multibillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy
The two founders of Samourai Wallet have been charged with money laundering and unlicensed money-transmitting offenses
Chainalysis data reveals a near-30% fall in the value of digital currency being laundered in 2023
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for his role in romance and BEC scam
Four men have been charged with money laundering offenses linked to a major pig butchering operation
Global police arrest 1000 money mule suspects and identify thousands more in a major crackdown on money laundering
Zhdanova reportedly utilized cash, international money laundering associates and businesses fronts
Feedzai report details the opinions of anti-money laundering pros
Man accused of aiding the Kremlin with dual-use tech
They allegedly helped to clean money stolen from the elderly and vulnerable
O'Connor faces charges of computer intrusion, extortion, stalking, wire fraud and money laundering