This listing contains the name of each individual voluntarily giving up their United States citizenship with respect to whom the Secretary received information during the quarter ending December 31, 2020. For purposes of this listing, long-term residents are treated as if they were citizens of the United States who lost citizenship.
List for the quarter ending December 31, 2020
OPERATING ON THE “DARKNET” BRINGS A PENALTY OF $209,144,554.
Larry Dean Harmon is a U.S. person residing in Akron, was the creator, administrator, and primary operator of Grams, a darknet website that operated on the onion router (Tor) network and advertised itself as the “Google of the Darkweb”. Grams served as a search engine and content aggregator allowing users to search for illicit goods sold on darknet markets, such as narcotics, illegal firearms, and stolen personally identifiable information (PII).
1. In 2014, Harmon began operating and administrating a convertible virtual currency exchanger called Helix through the Grams darknet .onion site that was the primary administrator and operator of Helix a service linked to and affiliated with Grams. Helix operate
Legal Requirements for Hemp-Related Business Customers.
Introduction:
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) periodically provides guidance for hemp-related business customers (HRBC). We will also talk about FinCEN conduct towards HRBC as well as how FinCEN collects and gathers information in relation to both the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regulatory requirements.
First, we need to define a few institutions and definitions that will assist the reader to understand this article as it may apply to them or their clients, but is not intended to be legal advice and is time-sensitive with rapidly expanding regulations from FinCEN, BAS, and AML. Also, we explain how financial institution
IRS warns people about a COVID-related text message scam
The IRS is warning people to be aware of a new text message scam.
The thief’s goal is to trick people into revealing bank account information under the guise of receiving the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment.
Here’s how this scam works: People get a text message saying they have “received a direct deposit of $1,200 from COVID-19 TREAS FUND. Further action is required to accept this payment… Continue here to accept this payment …” The text includes a link to a phishing web address.
This fake link appears to come from a state agency or relief organization. It takes people to a fake website that looks like the IRS.gov Get My Payment website. If people visit the fake website and enter thei
