▚ REGIONAL DESK
United States
Investigations
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THE VISITOR VISA, THE ASYLUM CLAIM AND THE 200,000 REVOCATIONS
In August 2026, the Trump administration confirmed that the State Department was working with the Department of Homeland Security to identify and revoke B1 and B2 visas held by foreign nationals who entered the United States as temporary vi
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THE $577 MILLION MINING MACHINE
On 13 February 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Estonian nationals Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin had pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to operating a massive cryptocurrency fraud scheme involving HashFlare, a
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THE SENATOR, THE GOLD AND THE FOREIGN INFLUENCE NETWORK
On 29 January 2025, former United States Senator Robert Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison following his conviction in one of the most consequential public-corruption prosecutions involving a sitting U.S. senator in modern
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THE OFFSHORE EXCHANGE MEETS AMERICAN LAW
On 27 January 2025, Peken Global Limited, a Seychelles-based company operating the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
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WHEN THE BANK BECOMES THE LAUNDERING RISK
On 10 October 2024, TD Bank, N.A., then the tenth-largest bank in the United States, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate the Bank Secrecy Act, fail to file accurate Currency Transaction Reports and launder money.
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FAKE MARKETS
On 9 October 2024, federal prosecutors in Boston announced what they described as the first criminal charges against financial-services firms for market manipulation and wash trading in the cryptocurrency industry.
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GOLD BARS, POLITICAL POWER AND THE PEP PROBLEM
On 22 September 2023, federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment against sitting United States Senator Robert Menendez, his wife Nadine Menendez, and New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes.
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ONECOIN’S COMPLIANCE OFFICER
On 21 March 2023, U.S. prosecutors announced the extradition from Bulgaria of Irina Dilkinska, described as OneCoin’s former Head of Legal and Compliance.
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THE BRIBE DOESN’T SAY “BRIBE” ON THE INVOICE
On 2 March 2023, Swedish telecommunications multinational Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson agreed to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges previously deferred under a 2019 resolution and to pay an additional $206,728,848 criminal penalty.
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FROM NASSAU TO MANHATTAN: THE FALL OF FTX
On 22 December 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrived in the United States following extradition from The Bahamas.
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