Three Oregon men face bank check fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges over allegedly altered stolen checks, a sham logistics LLC, and recruited account users who moved funds before banks could intervene. All pleaded not guilty.

Hugo Villanueva has been extradited from Peru to face US Houston charges over at least $40 million in alleged fraudulent bank loans, in a case linking false financial documents, shell companies and the laundering of loan proceeds.

Hong Kong’s SFC fined Zheng Da HK$7 million over unchecked client trading systems, deposits inconsistent with financial profiles and 176 missed same-second futures order instances, while suspending a responsible officer Zhong Hao.

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) fined Banque SBA Cyprus €750,000 after a 2023 examination identified AML compliance breaches. The decision cites national legislation and the regulator’s February 2019 directive for credit institutions.

AUSTRAC has begun issuing infringement notices to non-enrolled real estate, accounting and jewellery businesses, reinforcing participation requirements under Australia’s expanded framework to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.