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A former TD bank teller based in Florida, Leonardo Ayala, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after authorities found him directly involved in a sophisticated international money laundering operation. Prosecutors said the former employee exploited his position inside a major financial institution to circumvent internal compliance safeguards, facilitate the movement of narcotics proceeds, and receive bribe payments fr

The true owners behind nearly 45,000 properties across Britain, with a combined value approaching £190 billion, remain concealed from public view in what experts warn could represent a widespread breach of recently introduced anti-money laundering legislation. The controversy stems from the Economic Crime Act, enacted in March 2022 in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The law required foreign owners of UK property to disclose the “beneficial owner” of any real es