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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U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged a New York man and woman for their roles in a large-scale crime ring that laundered money stolen in cyber investment fraud scams. [...]
The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. [...]
A Bulgarian national has been charged with stealing $290,000 in government-seized cryptocurrency while serving 121 months in prison for helping launder millions stolen from American fraud victims. [...]
INTERPOL’s Operation First Light 2026 led to 5,811 arrests, blocked $293M in criminal assets, and disrupted global fraud and money laundering networks. INTERPOL coordinated a four-month operation across 97 countries and territories that ended with 5,811 arrests and the interception of USD 293 million in illicit assets. Operation First Light 2026 ran from January 15 […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a cloud computing account put to use by subsidiaries of Cambodia-based corporate conglomerate HuiOne Group, as the Treasury unveiled fresh sanctions against nine individuals and 26 entities linked to Prince Group
Domain of dark web money laundering platform AudiA6 seized and suspects arrested in joint operation by the FBI, Europol and others
Authorities in Europe have disrupted AudiA6, a cryptocurrency laundering service used by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks
Also: Zcash Patches Flaw, $32M Humanity Protocol HackThis week, a key player in a $97M laundering scheme got prison time, Humanity Protocol suffered $32M in losses, Zcash patched a flaw, the EU targeted crypto platforms tied to Russia, authorities froze $3.8M in illicit funds and researchers exposed a Trezor chip weakness.
Law enforcement has dismantled the “AudiA6” cryptocurrency service allegedly used by ransomware actors and other cybercriminals to launder more than $380 million. [...]
Owe Martin Andresen faces charges in both US and Germany connected with money laundering, claims he sent gold bars directly to his doorstep
The alleged main administrator of Dream Market Incognito Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges. [...]
Agent Promises to Cut Investigation Time from Days to MinutesFIS has partnered with Anthropic to deploy an AI agent that automates money laundering investigations, aiming to reduce casework from days to minutes. BMO and Amalgamated Bank are first in line, with broader availability targeted for late 2026.
Portable KYC Remains Elusive Despite Digital Identity Growth in UAE, Europe, AsiaThe United Arab Emirates recently launched a national digital Know Your Customer platform under the oversight of the UAE Central Bank, aiming to standardize customer onboarding, streamline compliance checks and strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement.
Also: Cartier Heir Imprisoned, Believe Founder Benjamin Pasternak ArrestedThis week, North Korea hacks, Cartier heir jailed, Believe founder arrested, Cambodia scam network sanctioned. A U.S. Army soldier's insider bet, Litecoin, sentences in laundering and romance fraud cases, France probed crypto kidnapping. Tennessee banned crypto ATMs, Kelp DAO and Alex Mashinsky.
22-year-old Evan Tangeman of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for laundering funds stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. [...]
Triad Nexus scales $200m scams, uses infrastructure laundering, localized fraud and US-access blocks
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with stealing more than $53 million after hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange twice and laundering the proceeds through a cryptocurrency mixer. [...]
Datos Insights' Serpil Hall on Using Predictive AML Tools to Support ComplianceInstant payments are reshaping financial crime controls as speed and the irreversibility of transactions strain anti-money laundering compliance programs. While many assume real-time AML means faster processing, this approach can increase risk, said Serpil Hall, strategic advisor at Datos Insights.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering
Also: Coinbase's Agentic AI Wallets, $1M Fraud IndictmentThis week, Paxful's $4M AML penalty, Coinbase's agentic AI wallets, a $1M fraud indictment, a 20-year $200M Ponzi sentence, laundering from the $200M Mixin hack, a Binance France home invasion attempt, insider betting charges in Israel and lost seized bitcoin in South Korea.