Civil Law

UK Finance – Fraud Update

UK Finance has recently published its half yearly fraud update for the first half of 2023, its findings are based on data reported to it by its members, which include financial providers, credit, debit and charge card issuers and card payment acquirers.

The results are interesting, although perhaps not surprising to anyone who has been bombarded by scam emails and phone calls informing you, in increasingly inventive ways, that your Netflix account has been suspended, that you are being investigated … Read the rest

Civil Law

Russia, Ukraine: Update as of the Evening of February 24

This UPDATED post summarizes the situation as of late evening on Thursday, February 24, concerning current U.S. sanctions and export restrictions related to Russia and Ukraine. This supplements our post of late evening on Wednesday, February 23, which is available here.

As of late evening on Thursday, February 24, OFAC has taken the following additional actions, as follows:

Multiple additional banks were designated as SDNs.  Most prominently, OFAC designated VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company (VTB Bank), which is … Read the rest