Penalties against the Banks Involved in Iran-Related Transactions PDF Print E-mail

 

Barclays (August 2010)

pay $298 million to settle charges that altered financial records

a. Omitted foreign banks’ names from payment messages.

b. Routed certain payments through an internal account so they would appear to be coming from Barclays rather than a bank in Iran or Cuba.


Credit Suisse Group: (December 2010)

paid $536 million to settle violations involving transactions with Iran

-Systematically hid the identity of its Iranian clients in payments on their behalf.


Lloyds Banking Group: (January 2009)

paid $350 million related to masking the origin of payments from Iran

- Removing information such as customer names, bank names and addresses so wire transfers would not be flagged and blocked as improper by U.S. financial institutions

 

UBS

pay $100 million as fine

- UBS has admitted supplying Iran, Cuba, Libya and Saddam Hussein's Iraq with dollars obtained through a US Federal Reserve scheme


ABN Amro Bank NV: (December 2005)

paid $80 million as fine

-for violating money-laundering laws and sanctions restricting dealings with Iran and Libya


JP Morgan Chase Bank : (August 2011)

$88.3 million fine

- a letter of credit that contravened the Treasury's Iranian Transactions Regulations; and the transfer of 32,000 ounces of gold bullion to the benefit of an Iranian bank

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group: (August 2010)

pay £5.6m as fine

- failing to have adequate systems and controls in place to prevent breaches of UK financial sanctions.


HSBC : (May 2011)

paid $1 billion as fine

- failing to comply properly with anti-money laundering regulations


Zion’s First National Bank : (February 2011)

$8 million fine

- failure to monitor and report deposit and wire activity to a specific foreign correspondent business