Challenge to SEC’s Bank Secrecy Act authority backed by ex-FinCEN leadership
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Kyle Brasseur2021-08-24T15:21:00
A brokerage firm petitioning the Supreme Court to review the power of the SEC to enforce the Bank Secrecy Act has received support from two former officials of the primary agency tasked with overseeing the AML law.
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