2022-9-6 18:45 |
The Australian Federal Police has formed a unit to tackle the use of cryptocurrency as a means of money laundering and offshoring, the Australian Financial Review reported Monday. origin »
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A noted master scammer and serial con artist Peter Foster has been arrested for multiple money laundering charges, including the theft of $1. 73 million worth of bitcoins. Foster stole the said amount of bitcoins from a Hong Kong businessman named Konstantinos Stylianopoulos.
2020-8-26 00:24 | |
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Sydney police have arrested an Australian woman for allegedly running a crime syndicate using Bitcoin to launder $3.23 million since 2017.
2020-5-16 11:43 | |
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We recently caught up with Bryan Seiler, CEO at TAGZ, a major Australian cryptocurrency exchange. TAGZ is reportedly one of the world’s biggest, fully-regulated and licensed anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) compliant crypto exchanges.
2020-2-13 09:42 | |
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A draft legislation in Australia is seeking to prohibit the use of cash in making transactions for amounts exceeding $AUD10,000 ($6,900) has spared cryptocurrencies. The goal of imposing the cash payment limit is to prevent tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit activities.
2019-7-29 15:59 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published an update on how it intends to regulate crypto-related businesses and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2019-6-1 19:04 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin is a lousy tool to launder million and billions worth of cash. But the same cannot be said about a mere $6,989, as not noted by Malcolm Turnbull. The former Australian Prime Minister led his office to launch a crackdown on cash-in-hand payments.
2019-5-7 22:00 | |
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The Australian anti-money laundering watchdog has suspended the operating licenses of two cryptocurrency exchanges in connection with a drug trafficking case
2019-3-9 15:15 | |
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The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac) has now officially registered 246 cryptocurrency exchanges. Pro-regulation industry participants have described the move as a key step towards legitimizing crypto assets.
2019-2-2 05:15 | |
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Australia’s financial regulator, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), is tightening up surveillance on cryptocurrency exchanges as sophisticated criminals leverage digital currencies to send money internationally.
2018-10-10 05:00 | |
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Shapeshift accused of money laundering $9 million, Pornhub announces limp take-up on crypto payments, Tether loses yet another bank, Binance pumps $2.5 million into Australian startup.
2018-10-5 12:12 | |
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The northern part of the Australian state, Queensland, is bustling with cryptocurrency energy. The region is extremely passionate towards one specific decentralized peer-to-peer electronic currency — bitcoin cash (BCH).
2018-9-17 18:55 | |
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It is pretty rare to see countries come together to work on a new policy in a uniform manner. Unless of course their objectives are financial, then it seems everyone is happy to work with anyone in pursuit of financial gain.
2018-7-4 06:30 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.