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New Executive Order Identifies National Security Risks for CFIUS to Consider When Assessing Foreign Investment in US Businesses

USA - September 15 2022 On Sept. 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) providing formal direction to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…

Cyril T. Brennan, Sonali Dohale, Francisco J. Vélez

OFAC Sanctions Cryptocurrency Mixing Service for Allegedly Facilitating Money Laundering

USA - August 15 2022 On Aug. 8, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed economic sanctions on Tornado Cash, a popular…

Kyle R. Freeny, David I. Miller, Marina Olman-Pal, Jena M. Valdetero

OFAC sanctions cryptocurrency mixing service for allegedly facilitating money laundering

USA - August 12 2022 On Aug. 8, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed economic sanctions on Tornado Cash, a popular…

Kyle R. Freeny, David I. Miller, Marina Olman-Pal, Jena M. Valdetero

FinCEN and BIS Warn Financial Institutions About Potential Evasion of Russian and Belarusian Export Controls

Belarus, Russia, USA - July 18 2022 On June 28, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)…

Kyle R. Freeny, Marina Olman-Pal

REPO Task Force: The First 100 Days

Global, Russia, Ukraine, USA - July 7 2022 On June 29, the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force published a statement on its work in blocking or freezing sanctioned Russian…

Gavin Costelloe, Kyle R. Freeny, Bethany Histed, Jo Rickards, Annabel Thomas