How to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations

It’s a criminal offence to trade as an estate agency business, or letting agency business handling high-value transactions, without being registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision. Make sure you know the rules, risks and ensure that criminal gangs or unscrupulous individuals are not using your business to exploit their ill-gotten gains.

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