London property
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Oligarchs Are Losing a Favourite Haven for Dirty Cash
- March 9, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
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As the rules tighten and funnelling dirty money through London real estate gets tougher, senior AML Consultant at FCS, Caroline Walters, talks to Carol Ryan of The Wall Street Journal about where the money launderers might look next.
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What is the Russian influence on London’s property market?
- March 5, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
In the week that the billionaire Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is selling Chelsea Football Club and rumours circulate that his homes in Kensington and Chelsea are also on the market, estate agents have reported that Russian buyers and sellers across the capital are considering their options as the war in Ukraine escalates and sanctions start to bite.
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Luxury London homes still used to launder illicit funds, says report
- December 21, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
National Crime Agency steps up investigations into suspect funds flooding into UK. Luxury London homes are an “attractive method to launder illicit funds”, a government report has said as the National Crime Agency steps up its McMafi-style “dirty-money” investigations into suspect funds flooding into the country. Read the full article with comments from Jerry Walters,
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Property offers ready shelter for criminal wealth
- November 5, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Some argue that a cultural shift needs to take place in the property industry, akin to that which has been occurring at financial institutions
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Movers & Shapers: Follow the Sussexes plus the latest on money laundering
- January 17, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Dirty Money In The Laundromat, a movie about the Panama Papers, Meryl Streep plays a widow who investigates money laundering. She is astounded by the use of shell companies to hide the origin of funds. Jerry Walters, the head of the anti-money-laundering consultancy FCS Compliance, knows all about shell companies. His business, which was recently
