Financial crime
Vietnamese court jails former central bank officials for bribery
State Bank of Vietnam’s ex-senior supervisor avoided death penalty by returning bribes, court says
Fight against money laundering must continue, Somali official says
Somali central bank aims to enhance transparency over financial flows, says deputy governor
Nigerian authorities accuse ex-governor of $6m theft
Emefiele has denied all charges but prosecutors say cheque to president was forged
Riksbank HR system restored 17 days after ransomware attack
Other incidents using Akira software reported across the world since 2023
Head of Romania’s central bank ‘deepfaked’ by scammers
NBR says fraudsters’ use of AI-generated video points to increasing risks from manipulated imagery
HKMA proposes easing data-sharing rules between banks
Hong Kong authorities cite need to tackle digital fraud and money laundering more effectively
Venezuela shuts down state cryptocurrency
Petro overseer had been embroiled in scandals, including over $21.2 billion of missing oil payments
Singapore moves to expand MAS’s supervisory powers
Central bank would oversee currently unregulated activities and have greater investigative remit
Former PBoC official jailed for 16 years for corruption
Court finds Sun Guofeng took $2.94 million in bribes and conducted inside trading
Jamaica ‘twin peaks’ law coming in 2025, official says
Central bank will oversee non-bank sector after scandal at securities firm
BoJ’s CBDC designed to hold ‘minimum’ amount of user data
Offline solutions deemed to pose too great a risk of double spending and counterfeiting
Crypto, trade and environmental crime among AML/CFT risks – IMF
Staff propose increasing country assessments to twice per year
Cyprus central bank defends supervision after sanctions-busting claims
Prime minister pledges report after media investigation says Russians used local firms to dodge sanctions
Former Nigerian central bank governor granted bail on fraud charges
Emefiele pleads not guilty to new $2 million fraud indictment, trial starts November 28
ECB prioritises IT outsourcing and cyber resilience supervision
Institutions lost $161 million due to poor-quality outsourced services in 2022
Data sharing as a policy intervention
Increasing access to data represents another policy lever regulators can pull to achieve their objectives, writes David Bholat
Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand in wire fraud trial
FTX head says he doesn’t know how $9 billion in funds disappeared
US Treasury division proposes crypto mixer regulation
Proposals target terrorism financing after Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions Hamas
Israeli economy and budget will remain resilient, says Yaron
Bank of Israel governor expects inflation will return to target on schedule
Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms
Platform operators would need a licence and be subject to financial services laws
Iraqi central bank denies it will ban all dollar cash transactions
Official says he was misquoted as dollar shortage worsens amid US-Iraq tensions