NEW YORK (AP) — The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial on Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme. Weidong “Bill” Guan, 63, of Secaucus, New Jersey, entered the plea in Manhattan federal […]

Small business owners should not forget about a rule — currently in legal limbo — that would require them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money laundering statue passed in 2021. Under the CTA, the […]