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The House Select Committee on China has raised concerns about online investing platform WeBull, after internal messages from 2021 suggested that an employee, Zhenghan Wang, may have accessed U.S. customer data while in China. The committee's Oct. 7 report indicated that Webull is "tied in structural ways" to China's government, posing a national security threat to American finance. Despite Webull's claims that sensitive data is restricted to U.S.-based employees, the messages indicate otherwise. "All the evidence in these text messages points to Zhenghan Wang being located in China with access to U.S. customer data," a spokesperson for the committee said. Webull's shares fell over 19% following the report, and the company has since defended its data protection practices, asserting that U.S. customer data is stored solely in the U.S. and managed by U.S.-based personnel.
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Analysis shared with the Observer indicates that the Big Four accounting firms audit offshore companies linked to an estimated $37bn of investment in economies that the World Bank says have a "low rule of law." The report says 90% of the money is held in networks deemed to be at "high risk" of sanctions, or involved in illicit financial activity, such as corruption, organised crime, or fraud. The research, led by the University of Sussex’s Centre for the Study of Corruption in partnership with the Tax Justice Network, examined around 12,000 offshore holding companies linked to 18 major economies. Researchers say Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC play a significant role in offshore structures linked to Russian oligarchs and other wealthy individuals, although the findings do not prove wrongdoing.
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