Greetings! It’s June 24, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: The perils of an Iran sanctions lapse, Aflac hacked for customers’ personal data, UK bans Palestine Action group as terror organization, Telegram purged Chinese crypto scam markets – then watched as they rebuilt, and much more…

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Don’t Let Sanctions Against Iran Lapse. Presciently, President Trump instructed his administration in February to “work with key allies to complete the snapback of international sanctions and restrictions on Iran.” National Review

🔥 TOP STORIES

U.S. insurance giant Aflac says customers’ personal data stolen during cyberattack TC

UK Bans Palestine Action Group as terror organization Politico

Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets – Then Watched as They Rebuilt Wired 

Two sides of the same ruble: The Russian currency’s recent strength isn’t likely to last — and it’s already hurting the country’s economy The Insider

Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs' assets worth over $2.6B Reuters 

FATF Identifies Jurisdictions with AML/CFT and Counter-Proliferation Finance Deficiencies FinCEN 

Funeral scams: ‘It’s hard to imagine a more callous form of fraud’ Guardian

Ex-TV news anchor Stephanie Hockridge convicted in massive scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID relief funds NYP

Huawei's new laptop uses older China-made chip, U.S. curbs stall SMIC Reuters

ZachXBT slams Bitcoin bridge Garden Finance for laundering hacked funds Cointelegraph 

New INTERPOL report warns of sharp rise in cybercrime in Africa Interpol

Bank hacks, internet shutdowns and crypto heists: Here’s how the war between Israel and Iran is playing out in cyberspace Politico

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Hungary and Slovakia set to block EU's fresh Russia sanction package Euro News 

Canadian Government Imposes Sanctions on Russian Conductor Valery Gergiev Violin Channel

Ford Still Scrambling to Get Rare-Earth Magnets WSJ

Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in the state SCMP 

Prosecutors Seek 14.5-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov MT

China’s first counterterror chief Liu Yuejin receives suspended death sentence for bribery SCMP 

Swiss Coach’s Controversial Move to CSKA Moscow Risks Violating Sanctions MT

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Expert warns of 'war of codes' after Iranian crypto exchange gets hacked Fox 

FTX lawyers say 3AC’s $1.5 billion claim 'defies logic' and should be tossed Block

WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices Axios

Fiserv debuts bank-friendly stablecoin as fintechs join digital dollar race CNBC

The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars TC

Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw Bleepingcomputer

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

How a street peddler fooled some of Manhattan’s biggest art collectors — and killed off the city’s oldest art gallery NYP

Gavin Newsom Sipped Cabernet While Los Angeles Burned City Journal

Spanish PM Sanchez embroiled in corruption scandal Telegraph 

Rich Americans flock to apply for New Zealand’s ‘golden visas’ after rules relaxed Guardian

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs ProPublica

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Supreme Court allows Trump to swiftly deport certain immigrants to 'third countries' NBC 

Thirteen People Charged in Takedown of a Major Drug Trafficking Network DOJ 

Texas governor vetoes bill that would ban all THC products AP

“In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.” —Immanuel Kant

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