Norway Bank DNB Faces Fine for Failure to Comply with Money Laundering Rules December 7, 2020 By Stephen Treloar and Frances Schwartzkopff Norway’s biggest bank has been warned that it may be fined 400 million kroner ($45 million) for failing to comply...
Australia’s Westpac Takes A$1.2B Charge Against Q2 Earnings for Laundering, Refunds October 26, 2020 By Edward Johnson Westpac Banking Corp. has taken a A$1.2 billion ($871 million) charge against second-half earnings to cover a record money-laundering fine...
U.S. Treasury Warns Cyber Insurers Against Paying Ransomware Demands October 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Treasury Department is warning that individuals or businesses that help facilitate ransomware payments may be violating anti-money laundering...
Switzerland Freezes $900M Belonging to Angolan Insurance Executive September 3, 2020 By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Noah Browning Switzerland has frozen $900 million held in accounts belonging to a top Angolan businessman as part of a money-laundering investigation,...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Danske Bank and Officers August 25, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Denmark’s Danske Bank A/S and four former top executives of defrauding...
British Court Awards $11 Million to EY Whistleblower Who Exposed Money Laundering April 20, 2020 By Huw Jones and Peter Hobson A British court awarded $11 million in damages and expenses on Friday [April 17] to a former partner at global...
Australia’s Westpac Expects $578M Fine for Money Laundering Linked to Child Abuse April 14, 2020 By Byron Kaye Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp said it expects a A$900 million ($578 million) fine over accusations it enabled millions of illegal...
Swedbank Slapped with Record $386M Fine for Money-Laundering Breaches March 20, 2020 By Colm Fulton, Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson Sweden’s financial watchdog hit lender Swedbank with a record fine of 4 billion crowns ($386 million) on Thursday for serious...
Danske Bank Ex-CEO Faces $387M Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal February 24, 2020 By Christian Wienberg The ousted chief executive of Danske Bank A/S, Thomas Borgen, has been personally targeted in an investor lawsuit arguing he...
Mortgage Company Staffer in New Jersey Who Stole $2M Gets Prison Term February 21, 2020 A mortgage company staffer who created hundreds of fraudulent wire transfers to steal roughly $2 million from the firm has...