FINTRAC participating in FATF study on new payment methods

Tweet According to this article in the Toronto Star, FINTRAC is working with the FATF to evaluate money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with prepaid cards, mobile payment services and Internet based payment services. The FATF will be collating information from cases where mobile and Internet based payment services were used to launder funds or […]

Australian charged with laundering US$500 million for Internet gambling

Tweet The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that an Australian foreign national, Daniel Tzvetkoff, was arrested in Las Vegas on charges that he assisted illegal Internet gambling companies process about US$500 million in transactions for American gamblers. An indictment against Tzvetkoff was unsealed in Manhattan federal court today. It alleges that Tzvetkoff operated a payment […]