Tag Result: money laundering

Countrywide fined £215k as HMRC targets estate agent money laundering protections
Countrywide Estate Agents has been fined £215,000 for failing to adhere to money launderi...

RICS targets property industry money laundering and corruption with mandatory standards
The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has outlined mandatory steps property...

Government commits £3.5m to new fraud and money laundering reporting systems
The government is to overhaul suspicious activity reports (SARs) and has committed £3.5m ...

Estate agents failing to report dirty money sales targeted by government crackdown
Estate agents turning a blind eye to property potentially bought with dirty money are the ...

Gang of 14 arrested in mortgage, benefits and money laundering fraud sting
Glasgow-based homes and businesses have been raided by more than 100 police, tax and immig...

Criminals using property for money laundering targeted with new laws and register
Criminals who profit from UK properties through the illegal use of overseas shell companie...

Singapore slaps Standard Chartered with anti-money laundering and terrorism fines
Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Trust were fined a combined £3.46m (S$6.4m...

‘McMafia’ law used to investigate two UK homes worth £22m
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been granted unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) to inves...

Money laundering skewing UK property market
An invisible network of money launderers are skewing the UK property market and pricing fi...

Whistleblowing cases fall for second year – FCA
There were 29 whistleblowing disclosures to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) by mortg...