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DOJ indicts four nationals in cryptocurrency investment scam fraud ring
Plus, State Street hit with $7.5m OFAC fine for Russia breaches, Exchange Bank of Canada fined CAD 2.45m over AML gaps, and Diligent launches third-party risk AI agent.
11 March 2026 · 4 min read
The DOJ has unsealed indictments against four defendants across Indonesia and Burma for running cryptocurrency investment scams that generated millions in fraudulent wire transfers. All four face up to 20 years inside and half a million dollar fines each. Separately, State Street's taken a $7.5m hit from OFAC for Russian sanctions violations, Exchange Bank of Canada's paid CAD 2.45m to FINTRAC for AML failures, and Diligent's rolled out an AI tool for third-party risk assessment. Full briefing below.
In today's brief
- 1 How did a cryptocurrency fraud ring operate across three countries before law enforcement intervention?
- 2 How did State Street's sanctions controls miss Russian entities after 2022 invasion?
- 3 Canadian regulator flags persistent KYC and monitoring gaps at mid-sized bank. What it reveals about detection standards.
- 4 Can AI agents cut third-party due diligence workload in half without degrading risk assessment quality?
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