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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FINRA fines broker-dealer $500K for failure to file suspicious activity reports

On August 22, FINRA accepted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (AWC) from a broker-dealer member firm regarding its alleged failure to establish and implement policies and procedures designed to detect suspicious...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

TD Bank’s Historic $3.1B Money Laundering Settlement a Warning to All Financial Institutions

On October 10, 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that TD Bank agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into money laundering and Bank Secrecy...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

TD Bank: Part 1-Money Laundering and the China Syndrome

Last week, representatives of the US government announced one of the largest sets of fines and penalties for failures in anti-money laundering ever laid down. It involved TD Bank N.A. and TD Bank US Holding Company. It was...more

White and Williams LLP

Supreme Court Rules For Taxpayers On Non-Willful FBAR Penalties

Taxpayers who hold foreign accounts finally received clarity as the Supreme Court ruled that the $10,000 non-willful penalty for failure to file a FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) applies...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

FinCEN Issues Final Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act

On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) promulgated its much-anticipated Final Rule implementing the beneficial ownership reporting scheme mandated by the Corporate Transparency Act....more

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Cryptocurrency - Compliance Matters

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July was a hot month for crypto enforcement, but August is off to a hot start in its own right. On August 2, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) issued a Consent Order with Robinhood’s...more

The Volkov Law Group

United Bank Risk Officer Agrees to $450k Penalty for AML Compliance Failures

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Compliance professionals face extraordinary risks – not just for the enterprise but personal risks.  CCOs should not panic or overreact when the government brings an enforcement action against a compliance officer for a...more

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