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, published Thursday, the Treasury Department said thieves, scammers, ransomware cyber criminals and actors for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are using DeFi to launder proceeds from crime.
On the basis of its findings, the department recommends an assessment of “possible enhancements” to U.S. anti-money laundering requirements and the rules for countering the financing of terrorism as they should be applied to DeFi services. It also calls for input from the private sector to inform the next steps.
“Clearly, we can't do this alone,” said Brian Nelson, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, in a Thursday webcast hosted by ACAMS, a global organization focused on preventing financial crime. “We call on the private sector to use the findings of the risk assessment to inform your own risk-mitigation strategies.”
The 40-page report warns that “DeFi services at present often do not implement AML/CFT controls or other processes to identify customers, allowing layering of proceeds to take place instantaneously and pseudonymously.”
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