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How Pig Butchering Scams Use Shell Companies To Launder Money

Recent cases show how scammers steal business identities to bypass verification and set up U.S. bank accounts to move stolen funds.

13 hrs ago • Inti Pacheco

July 2026

Why The FBI Is Investigating Argentine Football

A Florida company run by a theater producer's wife handled $300 million in sponsorship cash for Argentine football. Tens of millions of it went…

Jul 15 • Inti Pacheco

How FinCEN Is Shaking Things Up

FinCEN's April rule proposal was criticized as unclear. New guidance brought fraud under the information sharing safe harbor but legal uncertainty…

Jul 7 • Inti Pacheco

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