September 29th, 2022, “U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule implementing the Beneficial Ownership Reporting requirement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). “The rule will require most corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities created in or registered to do business in the United States to report information about their beneficial owners—the persons who ultimately own or control the company, to FinCEN. Designed to protect U.S. national security and strengthen the integrity and transparency of the U.S. financial system, the rule will help to stop criminal actors, including oligarchs, kleptocrats, drug traffickers, human traffickers, and those who would use anonymous shell companies to hide their illicit proceeds”.

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