The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control today imposed sanctions on international payment processor PacNet and a network of 12 individuals and 24 entities targeted for supporting PacNet. The processor “has a lengthy history of money laundering by knowingly processing payments on behalf of a wide range of mail fraud schemes that target victims in the United States and throughout the world,” OFAC said. “PacNet is the third-party payment processor of choice for perpetrators of a wide range of mail fraud schemes.”
Small Business Bank in Kansas closed by regulators
Kansas regulators closed Small Business Bank in Lenexa, Kansas, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas, agreed to assume substantially all deposits and purchase certain assets.
