Articles Tagged with U.S. Sanctions

The New York Department of Financial Services says that Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ must pay another $315 in penalties for misleading Benjamin M. Lawsky, the state’s Superintended of Financial Services, about transactions involving Iran, Myanmar, and Sudan. All three nations are subject to U.S. economic sanctions. The Japanese bank also agreed to take disciplinary action against three employees that allegedly took part in diluting a report submitted to Lawsky about the transactions.

One employee, who was a manager in the bank’s anti-money laundering compliance office, stepped down. The other two, who work in the compliance department, have been barred from conducting business with any financial institutions. As part of the settlement, Bank of Tokyo admitted to misleading the regulator.

Lawsky’s office fined the bank $250 million in a settlement last year over allegations that it had routed $100 billion of payments via 28,000 transactions involving the three countries through its New York office. The year before, Bank of Tokyo arrived at a separate agreement with the U.S. Department of Treasury for $8.6 million over allegedly 97 transfers valued at $5.9 million.