‘FinCEN Files’ report casts compliance officers in unfair light
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-09-21T21:19:00
The BuzzFeed “FinCEN Files” investigation purportedly uncovered evidence of a catastrophic, international collapse of internal controls within the world banking system. But that argument is misleading, to the point of being disingenuous.
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