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How the Trump Administration Upended White-Collar Prosecutions in 2025

Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has marked a stark shift in white-collar crime enforcement, with federal prosecutors and investigators stepping back from complex foreign-bribery, money-laundering, and corruption cases, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Mark Zuckerberg on stage in front a backdrop that reads "The future is private" — “Mark Zuckerberg F8 2019 Keynote” by Anthony Quintano, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Zuckerberg_F8_2019_Keynote_(46985054284).jpg

Ten Percent of Meta’s 2024 Revenue Tied to Suspected Scam Ads

Meta internally projected late last year that roughly 10% of its 2024 revenue, or approximately $16 billion, would come from advertising tied to scams and banned goods, according to company documents reviewed by Reuters.

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How the Trumps Struck Crypto Gold from Questionable Sources

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have turned a family-branded cryptocurrency venture into a cash machine that eclipses the Trump Organization’s traditional businesses, according to a Reuters investigation that traces opaque token purchases by overseas investors and a wave of U.S. policy shifts friendly to digital assets.

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SEC Closes Swedbank AML Inquiry without Penalty

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has officially closed its 6-year investigation into Swedbank’s anti-money laundering (AML) efforts without imposing an enforcement action.