Currently, Singapore, which is considered to be the Asian hub for finch and initial coin offering, does not regulate digital assets market, though the central bank watches for the activities that may pose certain risks, such as money - laundering or
other illegal transactions.
Because payments with it are essentially impossible to trace, a lot of its use case has been for buying and selling drugs and weapons and carrying out
other illegal transactions.
Not exact matches
The security breach comes two months after Bitfinex was ordered to pay a $ 75,000 fine by the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission in part for offering
illegal off - exchange financed commodity
transactions in bitcoin and
other digital currencies.
Investigate and prevent fraudulent
transactions, unauthorized access to the Startup Grind Service, and
other illegal activities;
The problem is that many people are already using this type of currency for
illegal transactions such as buying drugs, murder for hire and
other criminal activities.
Recent revelations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which have trappings on alleged
illegal transaction between former Minister of Petroleum resources, Dieziani Alison - Madueke and Fidelity Bank Managing Director, Nnamdi Okonkwo may have snowballed into indicting the head honcho of
other financial institutions.
It further added that the words were understood to mean «the second — fourth plaintiffs are organized criminal companies employed by the first plaintiff, through a corporate culture of malfeasance and impropriety, to perpetrate fraud on the Republic of Ghana and their
other clients through
illegal, dishonest, fraudulent, sleazy, shady and opprobrious commercial
transactions».
The new rules add stringent requirements for banks to curb
illegal transactions by known terror organizations and
other criminals.
We may, but are not required to, decline a
transaction on your Account for any of the following reasons: (A) because of operational considerations, (B) because your Account is in default, (C) if we suspect fraudulent or unlawful activity, (D) we reasonably believe a
transaction may be challenged as
illegal under state or federal law (such as casino gambling on the Internet), or (E) in our discretion, for any
other reason.
If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions is invalid,
illegal, or incapable of being enforced, all
other terms and provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the
transactions contemplated herein is not affected in a manner that is materially adverse to either party to the Terms and Conditions.
In money laundering, cash from
illegal origins (such as smuggling narcotics) is fed into a business that then repays the money back to the criminal as a salary or consulting fee or some
other type of seemingly legitimate
transaction.
: The statute makes it
illegal to use personal information «for the purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions taken, communications made or received, or
other activities or
transactions of that person.»
At a dinner sponsored by the Society of Professional Investigators (SPI), Mr. Borden explored how bitcoins and
other forms of digital currency are increasingly used for both legal and
illegal transactions, including ransomware.
Mr. Borden explored how bitcoins and
other forms of digital currency are increasingly used for both legal and
illegal transactions, including ransomware.
The protocol contains several features that allow for payment conditions to be set,
transactions to be voted on, and
illegal use to be prevented, among
other things.
Joining the general chorus of voices critical of digital currencies, Facebook has removed bitcoin and
other cryptocurrency ads from its sites after critics said that criminals and rogue states were using digital money in
illegal transactions.
The implementation of this new account system effectively ends «the use of anonymous bank accounts in
transactions to prevent virtual coins from being used for money laundering and
other illegal activities,» Yonhap reported.