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The FinCrime Daily

Wednesday 30 September 2026 · 8 stories

The day's most important financial crime stories, picked from law enforcement, regulators and investigative newsrooms. Each links to the original report; summaries are written by AI from the publisher's description.

Fraud

  1. Brits feel overwhelmed by growing sophistication of AI-powered scams (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    UK research finds many Britons struggle to detect increasingly sophisticated AI-powered scams online.

    Finextra · UK
  2. ClickFit: Business Email Compromise (BEC) (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    A business email compromise case is reported by Australian Federal Police involving fraudulent financial deception.

    Australian Federal Police · Asia-Pacific
  3. Columbus man pleads guilty to conspiring to launder $1M in business email scam proceeds (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    A man pleaded guilty to laundering over $1 million from a business email compromise scam.

    U.S. Department of Justice · US & Canada
  4. Check fraud ring stole $7M from nine banks, credit unions (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    A federal indictment describes a check fraud ring that stole $7 million from nine banks and credit unions using texts to bypass fraud controls.

    American Banker · US & Canada
  5. SEC Charges Multiple Entities in Fraud Schemes Totaling at Least $15 Million That Used WhatsApp and Other Platforms to Lure Investors (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    SEC charged multiple overseas-linked entities in investment confidence scams defrauding investors of at least $15 million.

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · US & Canada · International

Sanctions

  1. Trafigura Bought Venezuelan Gold in ‘Historic’ US Deal in March. It’s Still in Storage. (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    Trafigura's Venezuelan gold purchase remains in storage due to import compliance issues after US sanctions relief.

    OCCRP · US & Canada · Latin America

Bribery & corruption

  1. Iraqi Lawmaker Sentenced to 7 Years, Fined $21 Million for Illicit Enrichment (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    An Iraqi lawmaker was sentenced to prison and fined millions for illicit enrichment.

    OCCRP · Middle East

Money laundering

  1. BREAKING: Switzerland fines Julius Baer €10.6m (CHF10m) over anti-money laundering failings (opens the publisher's site in a new tab)

    Switzerland fined Julius Baer around €10.6 million for anti-money laundering compliance failings.

    AML Intelligence · Europe