FinCEN Sounds the Alarm on Digital Asset Investment Scam Centers: What Financial Institutions Need to Know

On September 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Alert FIN-2026-Alert 005, urging financial institutions to be vigilant in detecting, identifying, and reporting suspicious activity connected to digital asset investment scam centers and the laundering of their illicit proceeds. The Alert builds on FinCEN’s September 2023 guidance on … Continue reading “FinCEN Sounds the Alarm on Digital Asset Investment Scam Centers: What Financial Institutions Need to Know”