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🎯 Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing. “I always find it amusing that banking secrecy in Switzerland is the opposite of the BSA in the U.S., which is about surveillance and KYC.” CoinDesk
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🌎 Glen 'Big Baby' Davis sentenced to 40 months in prison over fraud scheme. 22 people have been sentenced in the case for filing false medical claims with the NBA Players' Health and Benefit Welfare Plan. ESPN
🌎 Justice Department Grants Binance Monitorship to FRA Over Sullivan & Cromwell. As monitor, FRA will be tasked with ensuring that Binance complies with the plea agreement. Bloomberg
🌎 Magic City Undercover: The untold story of the greatest AML operation in American history. The Cuban in the Learjet turned out to be Ramon Milian-Rodriguez, a 32-year-old businessman with a masters degree and an arrogance that stunned investigators. FT
🌎 Two top Border Patrol officials who partied with Mexican tequila mogul are now under investigation. The grandson of the founder of Don Julio tequila wanted to launch a Border Patrol-branded tequila. NBC
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🌎 Who’s Paying to Keep the Taliban in Business? You Are. As the largest donor to the Afghan people, the U.S. remains deeply engaged in Afghanistan despite the Taliban takeover of the country. National Review
🌎 Dozens of Chinese companies hit with US trade restrictions over 2023 spy balloon incident. The Entity List has been used aggressively by the US to stem the flow of technology as China bolsters is military. CNN
🌎 Two political consultants plead guilty in Henry Cuellar bribery case. The Laredo Democrat faces federal charges of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government. Texas Tribune
🌎 FBI probes whether Iran envoy Malley committed crimes in handling of classified info. Such cases are frequently murky and can take years, with the targets themselves often kept in the dark about what investigators have found. Politico
🌎 Trump Flaunts His Corruption. The former president’s shakedown of oil executives may not have been illegal, but it is undeniably scandalous. Atlantic
🚩 Trump Media investor convicted of insider trading ahead of merger CNBC
🌎 House Republicans Introduce Legislation To Send Hamas-Sympathizing Student Visa Holders Home. “It’s time to send a clear message to foreign, Hamas-sympathizing students rioting: if you bring chaos to our universities, you can study abroad somewhere else.” Daily Caller
💥 Inside the Campus Playbook To Build a Nationwide ‘Unity Intifada’ in Support of Hamas Free Beacon
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