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\"DOJ<\/a>$1.45 Billion in Penalties for Transactions with Sanctioned Parties<\/p>\n

The Justice Department announced $1.45 billion in penalties\u00a0to\u00a0a global bank headquartered in Germany and its New York branch\u00a0for concealing hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions prohibited by U.S. sanctions laws on behalf of Iranian and Sudanese businesses.<\/p>\n

From DOJ:<\/p>\n

Commerzbank AG, a global financial institution headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and its U.S. branch, Commerzbank AG New York Branch (Commerz New York), have agreed to forfeit $563 million, pay a $79 million fine and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). \u00a0The bank has also entered into settlement agreements with the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Combined with Payments to Regulators, Commerzbank to Pay $1.45 Billion<\/em><\/p>\n

AND<\/p>\n

A four-count felony criminal information was filed today in the District of Columbia charging Commerzbank with knowingly and willfully conspiring to commit violations of IEEPA and Commerz New York with three violations of the BSA for willfully failing to have an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program, willfully failing to conduct due diligence on its foreign correspondent accounts, and willfully failing to file suspicious activity reports.\u00a0 Assuming the bank\u2019s continued compliance with the deferred prosecution agreement, the government has agreed to defer prosecution for a period of three years, after which time, the government would seek to dismiss the charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To read the entire press release: DOJ<\/a><\/p>\n

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$1.45 Billion in Penalties for Transactions with Sanctioned Parties The Justice Department announced $1.45 billion in penalties\u00a0to\u00a0a global bank headquartered in Germany and its New York branch\u00a0for concealing hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions prohibited by U.S. sanctions laws on behalf of Iranian and Sudanese businesses. 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