by mwhittington@garancie.com | Sep 29, 2026 | Compliance, ESG, Fraud, Legal, News, OSINT, Uncategorized
By Jessica Holman, Associate Director On 17 September 2026, Christopher Woolcott pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and forgery following a fake takeover bid for Touchstone Exploration Inc. The conviction concluded a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation...
by mwhittington@garancie.com | Sep 8, 2026 | Compliance, ESG, Fraud, Legal, News, OSINT, Uncategorized
The emerging financial-crime threat is not simply synthetic identity. It is synthetic credibility. Artificial intelligence is reshaping the financial-crime landscape by enabling criminals to construct not just false documents or manipulated images, but apparently...
by mwhittington@garancie.com | Aug 6, 2026 | Compliance, ESG, Fraud, Legal, News, OSINT, Uncategorized
When regulators fined UBS Financial Services Inc. $125 million for Bank Secrecy Act violations, the message was not simply that transaction monitoring had failed. It was that high-risk relationships need deeper, better-governed scrutiny before and after onboarding....
by mwhittington@garancie.com | Jul 9, 2026 | Compliance, ESG, Fraud, Legal, News, OSINT, Uncategorized
New AML Regulations 2026: What UK Firms Need to Know UK-regulated firms should now review their anti-money laundering frameworks following the introduction of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026. The regulations were made on 9...
by mwhittington@garancie.com | Jun 3, 2026 | Compliance, ESG, Fraud, Legal, News, OSINT, Uncategorized
Shifting Wealth, Shifting Risk: What Compliance Officers Need to Rethink About Due Diligence Global wealth channels are undergoing a structural shift. The traditional dominance of long-established financial centres is being challenged, with Hong Kong emerging as a...
