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Letter from NAFCU Supporting Markup of the Corporate Transparency Act (H.R.2513)

On June 11, 2019, the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services. In this letter, the NAFCU urges members to support Rep. Maloney’s (D-NY) Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 as it went to markup in the committee.

Beyond Anecdotes: Data Demonstrate Anonymous Companies Are Dangerous and Prevalent

Numerous stories have been written exposing how anonymous companies are used around the world for criminal purposes, including in media reports stemming from the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, and Lux Leaks; the Russian and Troika Laundromat episodes; Global Witness reports, The Great Rip Off and Hidden Menace; and many more.

In addition to the examples, there is mounting evidence showing the widespread use of anonymous companies to launder money and allow dangerous actors to escape accountability and that the United States is a prime secrecy jurisdiction.