In a Monday statement, Ian Gary, executive director of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, called the move a “hollowing out” of the Corporate Transparency Act that runs counter to years of bipartisan work to “end the scourge of anonymous shell companies.”

The Trump administration won't enforce a Treasury Department rule requiring shell companies to disclose their owners and beneficiaries

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Sunday it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce penalties under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for U.S. citizens and domestic businesses. The Biden-era law, designed to combat money laundering,