Predictions for 2023 in financial crime
Where is financial crime heading? Where will enforcement be focused?
With financial crime costs rising for law enforcement, investigations, compliance and reporting, and the number of predicate
They have been called many things – mercenaries, irregular forces, private military contractors (PMC), and private security companies (PSC) – whatever the phrase, PMCs have been around for a very long time.
The
Another crypto company bit the dust early this week, and with it, up to US$10 billion in customer money evaporated. BlockFi was a digital currency exchange, deposit-taking institution, and lender. BlockFi also
New charges levied against Dhillon and against his lawyer
Three times a charm or a curse?
A Vancouver doctor who allegedly partnered with the now-infamous Vancouver lawyer Frederick Sharp in an international microcap
New SEC charges
A Vancouver doctor who allegedly partnered with Vancouver lawyer Frederick Sharp in an International microcap fraud scheme (summarized here) – Avtar Singh Dhillon – was charged by the Securities and
James C. Dragon faced disbarment after he was caught stealing funds from his clients. Learn more on The Corruption Affair.
Part 1 – Securities Fraud in Canada
Voyager Digital
“Asking Questions About Canadian Capital Markets” is a series of articles about the capital markets in which we explore some Canadian public companies and ask
A mysterious man from Asia and the most famous round-tripping case
In Part 1 of “Understanding round-tripping in the capital markets” (here), we discussed round-tripping and looked at a rare SEC enforcement
SEC files rare round-tripping enforcement action against Canadian issuer
We tend to think of round-tripping as tax evasion round-tripping tied to FDI, where investments are routed through a no tax jurisdiction before being
BVI – a global money laundering safe haven
The Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Andrew Alturo Fahie, and BVI port authority head Oleanvine Maynard (“Maynard“), were arrested on drug trafficking and money
