ATTORNEY GENERAL JONES CHALLENGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S GIFT TO FRAUDSTERS AND TAX CHEATS

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 28 -- The Virginia Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Jones Challenges Trump Administration's Gift to Fraudsters and Tax CheatsRICHMOND, Va. - Attorney General Jones has joined a coalition in filling a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from gutting a law that helps police and prosecutors catch fraudsters and tax cheats.The Corporate Transparency Act requires businesses to tell the federal government who actually owns and controls them. That matters because criminals often hide their money in shell companies - businesses that exist on paper but don't do much of anything - so their names never show up. Now the United States Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...