February 02 - A former employee of TD Bank, N.A. has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and abusing his position to help move millions of dollars in illicit funds out of the United States, a case that highlights anti-money-laundering vulnerabilities inside financial institutions. Last week, Leonardo Ayala of Homestead, Florida, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Newark, admitting his role in a scheme that laundered approximately $5.5 million to Colombia while he was employed at the bank.

January 29 - Canadian officials have accused a Toronto-area used car exporter of laundering money for the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Fahed Sowane, a 57-year-old Lebanese citizen who came to Canada on a work permit in 2016, has denied the allegations.

January 29 - Chinese‑language crypto laundering networks now move about a fifth of global illicit digital funds, just as stablecoins become a core payments and trading rail that could drain money from traditional banks. According to Chainalysis, Chinese‑language money‑laundering networks handled about 20 percent of illicit crypto funds over the past five years.

January 28 - For advertising technology stockAppLovin (NASDAQ: APP), short reports have become a noteworthy theme. Critical reports from Fuzzy Panda Research and Culper Research were released early in 2025, leading AppLovin shares to fall over 12% on Feb. 26, 2025. On Mar. 27, a month later, research firm Muddy Waters issued another report, leading AppLovin shares to tank over 20%. A short report is a critical research note published by an investor who is betting the stock will fall. Depsite so many reports in recent months, markets and Wall Street analysts alike have generally swept these concerns under the rug. AppLovin rose approximately 108% in 2025, with the company delivering multiple strong earnings reports that drove shares higher. Additionally, AppLovin price targets now come in as high as $860, massively above targets in the $450 range from early 2025.

January 28 - German investigators searched the offices of Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest, on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into possible money laundering, officials said. Prosecutors in Frankfurt said that the probe focused on “unknown employees” and the bank's prior business relationships to foreign entities which were in turn suspected of being used to launder money. Offices were searched in Frankfurt, where the bank is headquartered, and in Berlin. The Frankfurt prosecutor's office said it could not provide more information on the nature and size of the transactions under scrutiny.