money laundering
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Estate agents must be aware of money laundering
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Anti-money laundering, News, Press coverage
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Covid-19 restrictions make due diligence difficult in property sales and purchases. As the UK housing market slowly returns to normal, the risk of money laundering to real estate has not diminished. In fact, there is a strong argument that the sector is more susceptible to money laundering than ever before. As Covid-19 restrictions took hold,
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FCS becomes an AML approved service provider for LAPADA
- May 6, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Anti-money laundering, Art and Antiques, News
Anti-money laundering (AML) specialists FCS Compliance, has been appointed as an Approved Service Provider for LAPADA (Association of Art and Antiques Dealers), the UK’s largest association of professional art and antique dealers. The Fifth Money Laundering Directive which came into force on 10 January 2020 now applies to the art market. This means that anyone
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The cryptocurrency hard-sellers who investors claim have lost them £400,000
- February 14, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News, Offshore companies, Press coverage
David Byers reports on eight vulnerable people who say they were pressured into handing over their money. Jerry Walters, Managing Director of FCS Compliance and expert in global financial crime, previously investigated fraud for City of London police. In this article for The Times, he talks about about the cat-and-mouse game of investigating offshore companies.
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How do criminals use commercial property to launder money?
- January 27, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Anti-money laundering, News, Press coverage
When it comes to money laundering, London and residential property take the lion’s share of headlines, but making dirty money clean is an activity that is widespread across the UK, with prosecutions associated with commercial property common. More than £90bn is estimated to be laundered through the UK each year. Research from Transparency International, the
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Movers & Shapers: Follow the Sussexes plus the latest on money laundering
- January 17, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News, Press coverage
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
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Upmarket letting agents face substantial changes after new AML come in, warns expert
- December 19, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Jerry Walters, chief of LonRes-owned firm FCS Compliance, says changes will affect how deposits and rent are received and require landlords and tenants to be checked. As property professionals struggle to get to grips with the 4th EU anti-money laundering (AML) Directive, along comes the 5th due to come into force by the 9th January
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5th EU AML Directive Guidelines
- December 10, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
UPDATE: 9 January 2020 As of today, the details for the amendments to the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive have now been confirmed. From 10 January 2020, lettings agents will need to adhere to the latest legislation or risk significant penalties from HMRC. What are the key points to be aware of? Lettings agents
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Are estate agents facing a property fraud epidemic?
- December 9, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Recent figures from two leading government organisations suggest property crime is increasing. The Negotiator asks experts at the coal face to comment. Land Registry data shows that the level of property fraud – which is when criminal attempt to sell homes that don’t belong to them – has doubled over the past 10 years and
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Jerry Walters talks to Property Week about the HMRC crackdown on Money Laundering.
- October 31, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
As regulation to prevent money laundering in the real estate industry continues to increase, we discuss the importance of AML compliance and the measures agents should be taking to prepare themselves for an HMRC inspection. Clamping down: in 2018-19, HMRC issued 131 penalties worth over £1.2m and secured 30 AML convictions. In 2016, Property Week
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LonRes Acquires Leading Specialist AML Consultancy
- September 29, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting property professionals, LonRes, the subscription-based business-to-business trading platform, has acquired FCS Compliance, formerly known as Financial Crime Services. The LonRes acquisition comes at a time when HMRC is targeting estate agents as part of a wider money laundering crackdown. In recent guidelines it made clear that they
