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Trump orders US Treasury to stop minting pennies, citing wasteful spending
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President Donald Trump in an announcement on his Truth Social media account.
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Trump’s executive order aims to create wealth fund for U.S. investments, possibly including TikTok
The new wealth fund could be used to finance major government projects and fund strategic investments in critical areas like supply chains.
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Sanctioned Russian oligarch secretly held stake in Musk’s SpaceX
Citigroup administered Heritage Trust and decided it didn’t need to block the trust’s assets after Suleyman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter
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Mastercard, Visa accused of enabling payments for child abuse content on OnlyFans
Mastercard and Visa failed to stop their payment networks from laundering proceeds from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the popular website OnlyFans, according to allegations in a previously undisclosed whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Treasury’s financial crimes unit.
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U.S. sanctions Kyrgyz Keremet Bank over links to Russian defense funding
U.S. sanctions Kyrgyz bank with history of corruption, money laundering, and political intrigue.
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US targets accountants linked to cartel fraud scheme
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tuesday three Mexican accountants implicated in a timeshare fraud scheme run by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels.
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Mailman accused of stealing $1.7M caught trying to flee to African country
A US mail carrier allegedly misappropriated 98 checks over the course of a year and a half, making off with nearly $1.7 million from the US Treasury and residents on his mail route
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Fears one of world's richest people secretly died as $7BN tax drops in one day
The US Treasury Department said the tax payer would be in the top 100 of the world’s wealthiest people, above the likes of British billionaire James Ratcliffe, who is attempting to buy Manchester United