FinCEN оштрафовало TD Bank на 1,3 млрд долларов за подозрительные операции для криптофирм

investing.ruPubblicato 2024-10-15Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-10-15

GetBlock Magazine - Что произошло? Агентство по борьбе с финансовыми преступлениями (FinCEN) в составе Минфина США оштрафовало TD Bank на 1,3 млрд долларов за нарушение правил борьбы с отмыванием денег (AML). TD Bank является одним из крупнейших банков Канады, он также обслуживает более 10 млн клиентов в Штатах. По итогам анализа транзакций в FinCEN заявили, что TD Bank не передавал информацию о подозрительных операциях, связанных с криптофирмами.

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Что еще известно? Чиновники утверждают, что банк обрабатывал транзакции с высоким уровнем риска для некой неустановленной организации. Ее представители ежемесячно осуществляли банковские переводы на сумму более 100 млн долларов. Средства использовались для торговли криптовалютой с компаниями из различных отраслей в Колумбии, Китае и странах Ближнего Востока.

С июля 2023 по апрель 2024 года объем транзакций этой фирмы в банке TD Bank превысил 1 млрд долларов. Однако при открытии счета она позиционировалась как фирма в сфере недвижимости с годовым объемом операций менее 1 млн долларов.

90% средств на счет фирмы поступило с неназванной криптобиржи, зарегистрированной в Великобритании. 60% исходящих транзакций поступили в финансовое учреждение в Колумбии, которое также занимается криптовалютами. В частности в адрес этого неназванного колумбийского учреждения зафиксирован единоразовый перевод на 420 млн долларов.

В FinCEN утверждают, что группа клиентов TD Bank также связана с некой международной криптобиржей и получила от нее более 650 млн долларов.

Сам банк при обработке транзакций не прибегал к проверке работающих с криптовалютой клиентов по внутреннему регламенту и не сообщал регуляторам об операциях до тех пор, пока не начал получать запросы о деятельности неназванной фирмы.

В TD Bank признали нарушения AML-законодательства, из 3 млрд долларов штрафа 1,3 млрд были перечислены FinCEN, еще 1,89 будут направлены Минюсту, ФРС — 123,5 млн, Управлению валютного контроля Минфина (OCC) — 450 млн.

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