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US Bank Pays Justice Department $613M For Money Laundering Settlement

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Bank was slapped with a $185 million civil penalty for what the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the U.S. According to a press release, FinCEN said the obligation will be satisfied by a $70 million payment from U.S. Bank to the U.S.

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Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin

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That happens via an exchange — a now massive part of the bitcoin ecosystem that began to take root in 2011 and really flourished in about 2013. billion at the time — or slightly more than 11 percent of its $14 billion market cap then. That was also about the same time that we began to see the spike in cyberattacks linked to ransomware.

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