Category: suspected

  • HMRC probes nearly 800 major UK firms over suspected tax underpayments with UK banks suspected of underpaying £7.9bn

    HMRC is actively investigating 791 of the UK’s largest companies for suspected tax evasion, a figure that represents nearly 40% of the country’s largest businesses. These investigations span vital sectors such as banking, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, retail and oil and gas, underscoring HMRC’s increasing focus on ensuring tax compliance among major…

  • HMRC probes nearly 800 major UK firms over suspected tax underpayments with UK banks suspected of underpaying £7.9bn

    HMRC is actively investigating 791 of the UK’s largest companies for suspected tax evasion, a figure that represents nearly 40% of the country’s largest businesses. These investigations span vital sectors such as banking, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, retail and oil and gas, underscoring HMRC’s increasing focus on ensuring tax compliance among major…

  • Explainer-What are Japan’s tactics based on latest suspected intervention? By Reuters

    TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is suspected of intervening in the foreign exchange market to support the yen on several occasions this month, highlighting its unease over the pain the currency’s slide is inflicting on households as import costs rise. While authorities have not confirmed whether they have actually intervened, here’s…

  • Japanese yen surges, USDJPY tumbles amid suspected intervention By Investing.com

    The Japanese yen rose sharply against the US dollar on Wednesday and Thursday, with the USD/JPY pair falling to its lowest level in more than a month amid speculation that the government has intervened in currency markets. The pair, which measures the number of yen needed to buy one dollar,…

  • North Korea fires suspected rocket after warning of satellite launch By Reuters

    SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired an unidentified projectile onto a southern road off its west coast on Monday, the South Korean military said, hours after Pyongyang said it would launch a satellite before June 4. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the launch apparently took place…

  • Tether froze $5.2m USDT from suspected scammers

    Tether, the stablecoin issuer, has frozen about $5.2 million on addresses believed to be operated by scammers. Blockchain Analytics Store SlowMist mentioned 12 Ethereum addresses with deactivated Tether (USDT) holdings were involved in the freeze. Each wallet was labeled as a “blocked USDT address,” and a security researcher at SlowMist…

  • Yen surges on suspected intervention, 160 seen as key level By Reuters

    Yen surges on suspected intervention, 160 seen as key level By Reuters

    Written by Kevin Buckland, Tetsushi Kajimoto, and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfus TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The yen rose against the dollar in the early hours of Asia on Thursday in what traders suspected was another round of intervention by Japanese authorities to halt a sharp decline in the currency, with the 160-point…

  • Japanese yen rises, USDJPY hits 3-week low on suspected intervention By Investing.com

    Japanese yen rises, USDJPY hits 3-week low on suspected intervention By Investing.com

    Investing.com — The Japanese yen rose on Friday, with the USD/JPY pair hitting a three-week low after sharp declines this week that traders largely attributed to government intervention. The pair, which measures the amount of yen needed to buy one dollar, was trading 0.2% higher at 153.34 yen. It had…

  • Yen slightly higher after suspected intervention By Reuters

    Yen slightly higher after suspected intervention By Reuters

    Written by Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The yen rose slightly on Thursday after a surprise rise late Wednesday that analysts attributed to intervention by Japanese authorities, while the dollar also rose broadly. The yen’s sharp move on Wednesday came during a quiet period for markets after Wall Street…