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🎯 TD expects penalties from US probes on money laundering. TD Bank has been receiving inquiries from regulators and law enforcement about its compliance with anti-money-laundering rules, including requests related to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation. Bloomberg
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🌎 FTX, BlockFi's Customer Data Compromised in Kroll Hack. A ‘cybersecurity incident’ affected Kroll, which gathers customer claim data on behalf of bankrupt companies. CoinDesk
🌎 SEC Charges 3M with FCPA Violations Relating to China Subsidiary. The order finds that, from at least 2014 to 2017, 3M’s Chinese subsidiary provided Chinese government officials overseas travel that included guided tours, shopping visits, and other leisure activities. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
🌎 Meet the tiny State Department offices clearing billions of dollars’ worth of weapons for Ukraine. Three offices hold significant legal authority in approving U.S. military aid, foreign transfers of U.S.-made weapons, and Ukraine's purchases from U.S. arms dealers. Defense One
🌎 China capitalizes on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar. Beijing uses developing world chagrin over Washington’s weaponization of greenback to push global renminbi. FT
🌎 Morgan Stanley Fined by U.K. Energy Market Regulator Over WhatsApp. Morgan Stanley admitted that between 2018 and 2020, its wholesale energy traders discussed energy market transactions on encrypted messaging app WhatsApp using their privately owned phones. WSJ
🌎 As cracks emerge in Russia, US plots fresh sanctions to crank up pressure on Moscow. The preparations of further economic punishments come as cracks emerge in Russia’s economy and society because of the war in Ukraine and sanctions from the West. CNN
🌎 Moscow demands bigger discounts from foreign companies exiting Russia. Some foreign companies trying to exit Russia are facing a big jump in costs as Moscow is demanding bigger discounts on the price tags of assets they want to sell. Reuters
🌎 Spanish police make record cocaine bust in Ecuadorean banana shipment. Suspicious boxes were marked with more than 30 different logos matching the different European criminal rings that were to receive the cocaine. Reuters
🌎 The Rejected Bet That Launched a Gambling Scandal in College Sports. When an obscure youth baseball coach’s bet on a college game was turned down by a Cincinnati sportsbook, it set off a frenzy of investigations that has rocked college sports. WSJ
🌎 Colombian Warlord is Saving the Amazon. As Ivan Mordisco prepares for peace talks with the Petro government, there is an implicit threat that he might reverse the early goodwill gesture and let the chainsaws roar again if he doesn’t get what he wants at the negotiating table. Bloomberg
🌎 Hugo Chávez’s Nurse Stashed Gold Bars in a Secret Vault in Europe. The Venezuelan strongman’s former nurse, Claudia Díaz, became head of the country’s treasury. She’s now serving a term in a U.S. prison for laundering millions — but European investigators are looking into the rest of her fortune. OCCRP
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