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Money launderers, terrorist financers can misuse Facebook's Libra: Mnuchin

Facebook's new currency plan under scrutiny in Congress

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A small toy figure stands on representations of virtual currency in front of the Libra logo in this illustration picture. Photo: Reuters

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Facebook's new currency plan under scrutiny in Congress Washington, Jul 16 (AP) Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.

Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to be called Libra, starting with the Senate Banking Committee. Meanwhile, a House Judiciary subcommittee will extend its bipartisan investigation of the market power of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple.

Trump tweeted last week that the new currency, Libra, "will