Day: October 19, 2020

On 19 October, an article from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner said that the IRS is combating fraud by once again joining organisations around the world to highlight the 3^rd annual International Charity Fraud Awareness Week, 19-23 October.  The International Charity Fraud Awareness Week (ICFAW) brings together everyone involved in the charity and not-for-profit sectors to raise awareness of and share good practices for tackling fraud and cybercrime.  The event’s Charity Fraud Hub features helpful documents, free tutorials, videos, case studies and on-demand webinars, including, ‘COVID-19 and charity fraud: what to watch out for and how to stay safe.’ Charities and anyone else interested in fighting fraud can also take part in the ICFAW social media campaign using #charityfraudout.

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/irs-fights-fraud-aimed-at-charities-77493/

The Charity Fraud Awareness Week hub website is at –

https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/experience/elitebba/1917599/2071337/charity-fraud-awareness-hub

 

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On 19 October, OFAC advised that it had designated the Australia-based al-Qa’ida-associated facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib, and a company, Talib and Sons, for being owned, controlled, or directed by Ahmed Luqman Talib.  At the same time, 2 other Chinese individuals and 4 Hong Kong/China shipping lines and a holding company were also added to the Iran sanctions lists.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1157

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201019

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On 19 October, OCCRP carried an article saying that after the first coronavirus cases in the country were detected in mid-March, the government spent millions on seven mobile hospitals. It says that many articles, audits, and reports have been written about Honduras’ disastrous — and possibly illegal — procurement process for the mobile hospitals. Now, OCCRP and Honduran outlet El Pulso say that they can reveal how it played out behind the scenes.  It claims Honduras chose an apparently unknown company it found on the internet and paid out a vastly inflated fee of $47 million for the hospitals without even signing a contract.  Confidential documents show a middleman hiked the price by at least $16 million while delivering equipment that was useless for the task — and months late.

https://www.occrp.org/en/coronavirus/mr-hispanopreneurtm-the-man-behind-honduras-47-million-dollar-coronavirus-disaster

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EU Regulation 2020/1507/EU advises amendment to the listings for 2 individuals and 3 entities subject to restrictive measures.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.345.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2020:345:TOC

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On 19 October, Balkan Insight carried an article saying that call centres are popping up across the Balkans, and one Israeli-run network was used to defraud tens of thousands of mainly elderly Europeans of an estimated €200 million.  In September, a court in Austria found the Israeli ringleader, Gal Barak, 33, guilty of fraud and money laundering and sentenced him to 4 years in prison.  However, while police in Austria and elsewhere in Western Europe spent several years investigating the case, it remains unclear whether authorities in Serbia and Bulgaria have done the same, fuelling suspicion among some that the large-scale operation – involving dozens of call centres and hundreds of employees – enjoyed protection by some elements of the state.  It says that call centres are a growing business in Belgrade, where many young, educated Serbs speak English and are IT literate but wages are far lower than in much of the rest of Europe.

‘Easy Money’: Fake Forex and Fraudulent Balkan Call Centre

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On 19 October, the Isle of Man announced an invitation for feedback on proposals to bring forward legislation aimed at improving how debts are recorded and made accessible in the Island, and for improving the effectiveness of debt recovery by the Coroners (a form of court bailiff).  The consultation is said to be part of a wide-reaching review of civil debt recovery in the Island, aimed at modernising civil debt recovery and insolvency and ensuring that arrangements are fair, effective and fit for purpose.

The Bill has 2 key policy outcomes –

1. to introduce a more comprehensive and easily accessible register of judgments and other civil debts in the Island (a register of debts); and
2. to level the playing field for the enforcement of civil debts in the Island by removing statutory provisions that impact the effectiveness of Coroners undertaking enforcement action. 

https://consult.gov.im/treasury/administration-of-justice-bill-2020/

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