Sentences with phrase «by money launderers»

Maybe the rise is solely due to a flood of money into these currencies by money launderers

Back in 2014, he wrote a Financial Times op - ed in which he criticized the virtual currency for being «unsuitable as a means of exchange» and said it was only attractive for two reasons: anonymity — as desired by money launderers and tax evaders — and speculation.

Not exact matches

Governments start to realize that these are being used by criminals and money launderers and things like that and so they say, «We need more information.»

As alarm grows that the digital currency is being used by money - launderers, drug traffickers and terrorists.

The draft bill is one of a number of initiatives sweeping across a continent without a unified strategy for tackling the use of cyberspace by terrorists and money - launderers.

And it notes the European Central Bank's (ECB) report «Virtual Currency Schemes» (October 2012) worrying that «virtual currency schemes -LSB-...] could represent a challenge for public authorities, given the legal uncertainty surrounding these schemes, as they can be used by criminals, fraudsters and money launderers to perform their illegal activities.»

Amazon reported to the IRS that Patrick Reames had made $ 24,000 selling books on its Createspace self - publishing platform, but Patrick Reames never got a dime of that money; it appears that a money - launderer who had Reames's Social Security Number used a fake book to cash out money from stolen credit cards by buying the garbage book repeatedly and pocketing the 70 % from each sale.

A counterfeiter and money launderer for the Infamous Seminole Indian Tribe by night.

Monckton replied by noting the founding of DeSmogBlog by a convicted money launderer, concluding:

New, leaked internal emails seen by Global Witness and Finance Uncovered show that Shell's most senior decision - makers knew that the money they paid for oil block OPL 245 in 2011 would go to convicted money launderer and ex-Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete — rather than to benefit the Nigerian people.

A third of a billion pound was seized from convicted criminals, including money launderers, drug offenders and fraudsters, by the Crown Prosecution Service over the last five years.

One of the ongoing criticisms of cryptocurrencies, whether valid or not, is that it is being used by terrorists and money launderers.

The rules are an attempt by the legal profession's regulators to try to get the federal government to back off from attempting to undermine solicitor client privilege in pursuit of money launderers.

To him, cryptos are a «crock,» used by terrorists and money launderers.

Bitcoin doesn't have the potential to undermine stability, but it does pose a risk, as it could be utilised by tax dodgers and money launderers alike.

We're on a mission to help fight financial crime by revolutionising the way companies can protect themselves from criminals, terrorists and money launderers.

What I find funny, among other things, is the thought of a skilled money launderer or terrorist being thwarted by me simply asking for their ID and job title.

I have long held that FINTRAC is a cynical ploy by Revenue Canada to use 9/11 as a pretext to ferret out tax evasion schemes, and I still do, Therefore, I put my hand up to ask the question «How many terrorists and money - launderers have we Realtors caught, after a year of implementation?»

We are realtors not police investigators with no special training to identify suspected money launderers, why are we forced and threatened by Fintrac for none compliance if these are some of the risks to realtors?