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🎯 U.S. sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing blatantly violated the agency's investigative regulations. AP
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🌎 Russian energy giant signs memo with Iran on gas supplies. Gazprom has signed a memorandum with the National Iranian Gas Company to supply Russian pipeline gas to Iran. AP
🌎 Brazil Police Search Home of Americanas’ Directors Over Fraud. Brazil's biggest online and bricks-and-mortar retailer was thrown into crisis in January 2023 for billions of dollars in accounting inconsistencies. Bloomberg
🌎 Fugitive financier Jho Low cuts $100M DOJ deal to forfeit Warhol, Monet paintings. Low is also handing over property and cash worth $67M that he’d laundered in Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong. NYP
🌎 America’s drinking water is facing attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran. Cyberattacks on the country’s water systems could damage infrastructure, disrupt availability, and contaminate the public drinking water supply. CNBC
🌎 ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova Gets New $5M Bounty From FBI. U.S. law enforcement officials remain on the hunt for the infamous suspect despite reports that she was murdered in 2018. Decrypt
🌎 Italian animation company agrees to $538K penalty for ‘apparent violations’ of US sanctions on North Korea. While many companies unknowingly hire North Korean workers, Mondo executives were under no illusions over who they were dealing with. CNN
🌎 $10M reward for Russian hacking mastermind who targeted Ukraine. The Chechnya-born hacker ran a malware scheme called “WhisperGate,” which is meant to look like a common ransomware attack. USA Today
🌎 EU's New Anti-Money Laundering Authority Is Now Official, Seeks Chair. Candidates have until July 8 to apply to head the Frankfurt-based agency that expects to employ 430 people. Reuters
🌎 Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat. On a 6-3 party-line vote, the Supreme Court ruled that state officials may accept “gratuities” from people who wish to reward them for their official actions. Vox
🌎 Singapore unveils asset recovery strategy to protect its financial crown jewel. The city state is determined to combat money laundering and terrorism financing to safeguard its reputation. Reuters
🌎 Customer data from crypto-friendly Evolve Bank leaked by Lockbit. Lockbit leaked 33 terabytes of bank data despite initially threatening to release data from the Federal Reserve ‘containing Americans’ banking secrets.’ Protos
🚩 FinCEN Finalizes Financial Measure Against Iraq-based Al-Huda Bank to Combat Terrorist Financing FinCEN
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