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HSBC Bank USA to pay a fine because of money laundering
International Inter-bank HSBC will pay the U.S. government $ 1.9 billion fine in the case of money laundering. It will be the largest compensation in a similar case. Bank, whose headquarters is in Britain, accused of laundering money belonging to drug cartels and the countries to which the U.S. introduced sanctions. Earlier this year, HSBC admitted having insufficient means of control over the type of activity, which confirmed the investigation of the U.S. Senate. Last month, the bank announced that allocated $ 1.5 billion to cover the cost of paying the likely penalty.
According to the newspaper Wall Street Journal, details of this deal may announce on Tuesday morning. The Bank has also been accused of violating the Bank Secrecy Act and the Act on trade with the enemy, the report said Senate. Earlier it was reported on a similar agreement between the other British bank Standard Chartered and American authorities. Then the bank paid U.S. $ 300 million fine for violating U.S. sanctions. Fines for HSBC and Standard Chartered are part of government measures to limit U.S. actions aimed at money laundering and violations of the sanctions. Criticism of the Senate agreement with HSBC was expected after the report of the U.S. Senate, published in November, which included criticism control mechanisms bank for money laundering. The report suggested that the accounts of HSBC in Mexico and the U.S. nakrobarony used for money laundering.
Also pointed out that the bank has always courted restrictions on transactions with Iran, North Korea and other countries. At that imposed U.S. sanctions. On Tuesday, HSBC has appointed former U.S. official Bob Werner as head of the compliance of financial rules. Mr. Werner previously headed the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Treasury Department, which is responsible for implementing sanctions against certain countries. In HSBC Bob Werner responsible for strengthening control over money laundering and sanctions compliance.
While it is unclear what impact will deal with the payment of a fine on business HSBC. The bank is the largest in Europe by market capitalization. In the first six months of 2012 its income without deduction of taxes amounted to $ 12.7 billion.

 

 





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