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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

[Webinar] Targeted: How FinCEN's Fentanyl Fight Is Reshaping U.S.–Mexico Financial Compliance - August 7th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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Join Lowenstein Sandler and Santamarina + Steta for a timely webinar exploring the legal and compliance implications of recent U.S. Treasury actions under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. The session, featuring Lowenstein's Robert...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

OCC Patriot Bank Order Spotlights AML Issues For Managers

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On Jan. 14, Patriot Bank, based in Stamford, Connecticut, entered into an agreement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to address and rectify several alleged unsafe or unsound practices and violations of law....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Designates Three Mexican Financial Institutions as Primary Money Laundering Concerns Linked to Opioid Trafficking

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On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued three orders designating CIBanco S.A., Intercam Banco S.A., and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (collectively,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

$3B TD Bank AML Settlement Is A Wake-Up Call For All Banks

On Oct. 10, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that TD Bank pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the U.S. Department of Justice's...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

TD Bank, Part 6 – Caremark Claims – The Board of Directors

Today, I continue my exploration of the TD Bank AML/BSA enforcement action through two of the most significant cases regarding Boards of Directors and corporate compliance: the Caremark and Stone v. Ritter decisions. The...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

TD Bank: Part 5- The Reckoning

Today, I want to review the OCC Consent Order to see the bank’s requirements. This is separate from the DOJ requirements under the Bank’s Plea Agreement(s) and the FinCEN Consent. Further, the DOJ and OCC have mandated...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Districts of Wyoming and Idaho Affirm Broad Fed Powers over Master Accounts

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Components of the U.S. Federal Reserve System recently prevailed in two lawsuits in which both plaintiffs – Custodia Bank and PayServices Bank – alleged the defendants were required to grant the plaintiffs’ master account...more

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Recent FDIC Consent Orders Reflect Ongoing Scrutiny of Bank Relationships with Fintechs

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In February 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) entered into consent orders with two banks who partner with fintechs to offer “banking as a service” (BaaS) related to safety and soundness concerns relating...more

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Criminal Case Round-Up: Recent Prosecutions Involving Casinos

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has been very active in the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) / Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) space, as reflected by a recent series of individual prosecutions and corporate non-prosecution agreements...more

The Volkov Law Group

Danske Bank Pleads Guilty and Pays $2 Billion to Resolve Massive Fraud Case

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Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark, agreed to plead guilty to fraud and paid $2 billion to settle long-standing anti-money laundering and fraud violations stemming from its banking operations in Estonia.  Danske Bank...more

A&O Shearman

MLROs in the spotlight – what does the FCA expect?

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The role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) within authorised firms has been the subject of ever-growing scrutiny from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In January 2022, the FCA issued written guidance...more

Oberheiden P.C.

OCC Enforcement Defense: Avoiding Penalties for BSA Noncompliance

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Noncompliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) can subject banks and other financial institutions to substantial penalties. As a result, it is critical that financial institution executives not only understand the BSA itself...more

King & Spalding

Q2 2021: Latin America Enforcement Review

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This summary is part of our regular reporting of trends and developments related to investigations and enforcement activity into fraud, corruption, and other misconduct by authorities in the United States and the Americas and...more

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DOJ Charges Two Austrian Bankers with Money Laundering as Part of Massive Odebrecht Bribery Scheme

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The Department of Justice is starting to launch its FCPA enforcement profile after a brief lull in DOJ’s transition to a new administration.  This enforcement lull occurred in the transition to the prior administration in...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds Loss Causation May Be Predicated on Information Potentially Available Under Freedom of Information Act

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Ninth Circuit Holds Loss Causation May Be Predicated on Information Potentially Available Under Freedom of Information Act; D.C. Circuit Upholds FINRA’s Permanent Ban of Broker Accused of Misconduct After Finding SCOTUS...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Westpac’s Alleged AML Failures Back in the News

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Internal Investigation Report Stresses Lack of Intentional Misconduct – But the Investigation May Broaden - Westpac Banking Corporation (“Westpac”), Australia’s second largest retail bank, has been besieged by serious...more

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Trade-Based Money Laundering: GAO Report Stresses Enforcement Challenges

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On January 29, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released the results of a study which the GAO conducted on trade-based money laundering, or TBML, entitled “Countering Illicit Finance and Trade:...more

Hogan Lovells

The Australian Government introduces the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crimes) Bill 2019 (Cth) targeting...

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Recently, three of Australia's four largest banks have self-reported breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2018 admitted fault and agreed to pay a civil...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Private Bank Briefing: Issues Impacting the Private Bank Sector - September 2019

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On 23 July 2019, the FCA published a Dear CEO letter on its wealth management and stockbroking supervision strategy, which began in April 2019. The strategy includes work to identify, diagnose, and remedy the harm that wealth...more

BCLP

Spotlight on Money Laundering

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The National Crime Agency’s use of the Unexplained Wealth Order regime has also created high profile headlines exposing lavish spending habits of individuals whose wealth is unexplained. It is this political focus, along with...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Kraft Heinz dropped a double-whammy on investors on Thursday, announcing a $15 billion charge against its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands and revealing news of an SEC subpoena related to the company’s accounting practices....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - March 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

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