March 12, 2015
Posted January 25, 2016
Germany-based Commerzbank AG and its US branch Commerzbank AG New York agreed to forfeit $563 million and pay a $79 million fine for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Bank Secrecy Act relating to its funneling of millions of dollars through the US financial system on behalf of Iranian and Sudanese entities subject to US economic sanctions. The bank also entered into settlement agreements with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the New York State Department of Financial Services for a combined regulatory payout of $1.45 billion. Whistleblower Insider
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