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The US government filed espionage charges against Edward Snowden for leaking intelligence information A former top government law official has said that NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by triggering a debate over surveillance techniques.

Edward Snowden has called for “iron-clad” protections for Whistleblowers at the US National Security Agency after the former head of the Whistleblower department revealed the dangerous situation people put themselves in when deciding to reveal the truth.

Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf will forfeit $41m (£31.5m) in bonuses as the bank tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices. The bank has launched an investigation how more than two million deposit and credit card accounts were opened without customers' permission.

At least three dozen Americans with legal entanglements in their personal histories did business with the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers affair, it has now emerged.

The latest release of the Panama Papers includes the name of a Mississippi businessman whose father killed 14-year-old Emmett Till - one the most high-profile racialized killings in the pre-Civil Rights US.

The FBI has arrested three people in the San Bernardino area on charges of marriage fraud, including the older brother of Syed Rizwan Farook, who, with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, shot dead 14 people at an office Christmas gathering in December 2015

Volkswagen is facing €8.2bn ($9.1bn; £7bn) in damages claims from 1,400 German investors over its emissions scandal, a state court has said.

Northern Ireland Fleshes Out 12.5pc CIT Rate Plan » FinCEN Expands US Real Estate AML Orders <> <> <> <> <> <> FinCEN Expands US Real Estate AML Orders by Glen Shapiro, Tax-News.com, New York 29 July 2016 <> <> The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued further Geographic Targeting Orders that will temporarily require US title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies that use "all cash" (without bank financing) to purchase high-end residential real estate in six major metropolitan areas.

Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax administrations, and the private sector tax industry have marked the first year of their Security Summit partnership by recapping their 2016 accomplishments and providing details of their plans for 2017.