Several members of the Senate Banking Committee have reached a bipartisan agreement on anti-money laundering legislation that would introduce new transparency into the ownership of anonymous shell companies.
Senate Banking Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and seven other committee members plan to offer the compromise text as an amendment to the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4049) set for Senate floor consideration later this week. The sponsors filed the amendment June 25.
The amendment would require newly created companies and limited liability corporations (LLCs) to send ownership details to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes ...