- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2024-01-29T22:43:00
Canada’s financial crimes regulator is reportedly preparing to issue its largest fine to date against TD Bank for faulty anti-money laundering (AML) controls.
The bank is facing a monetary penalty of more than 10 million Canadian dollars (U.S. $7.45 million) by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), theGlobe and Mail reported Friday.
When reached via email Monday, FINTRAC said it’s “prohibited from disclosing information on compliance actions that may or may not be ongoing or planned in relation to a specific business.”
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TD Bank said it set aside $450 million to settle regulatory and law enforcement investigations, including by the Department of Justice, into its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act programs.
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A publicly traded cryptocurrency mining company will pay $10 million and completely change its business model to one with “lower corruption risk” as part of a settlement over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), two regulators announced.
