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Bank of America hit with $1.2B fine for money laundering, sanctions violations
NY Post ^ | 10/13/26 | Associated Press

Posted on 10/13/2026 3:54:40 PM PDT by Libloather

The US Treasury Department said Tuesday that it’s imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws.

The fines on America’s second-biggest bank amount to the third-largest in the department’s history.

“When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire U.S. financial system to significant illicit finance risks,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Today’s actions send a clear message that even the biggest financial institutions are not above the law.”

Treasury said Bank of America also reached an $11.6 million settlement with the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over “apparent violations of numerous sanctions programs, including on Iran, Russia, narcotics, and global terrorism.”

In a statement, Treasury said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network assessed the $1.2 billion penalty for Bank of America’s “failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese Money Laundering Networks and illicit finance along the southwest border.’’

The penalty includes $750 million that will go to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the largest fine ever imposed by that federal bank regulatory agency.

Treasury said that Bank of America “admits that it willfully violated’’ the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act, which requires banks to help the government detect and prevent money laundering.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: laundering; money; sanctions; violations

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Everybody does it.
1 posted on 10/13/2026 3:54:40 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Chump change.


2 posted on 10/13/2026 3:55:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Libloather

GOOD! I hate BoA with the burning passion of 1,000 suns.

Got divorced, went to Asia, BoA allowed my ex-wife to cancel my cards while I was out of the country. (Which she did out of spite). I had a friend wire me $1000, so it all worked out. And when I got back and confronted them, they admitted it was wrong, and said they were sorry. End of story.


3 posted on 10/13/2026 4:03:35 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: FrankRizzo890

They’re monsters. I’ve heard too many stories about them.


4 posted on 10/13/2026 4:09:44 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: Libloather

The penalty includes $750 million that will go to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the largest fine ever imposed by that federal bank regulatory agency.


and what will they do with the money?


5 posted on 10/13/2026 4:10:13 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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"...and what will they do with the money?

I hear that Jonathan Gould has his eye on a new super yacht. and a luxury bunker in New Zealand.

6 posted on 10/13/2026 4:21:42 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

Under the liberals, many fines were given to non profits for liberal purposes.

https://thelegalguide.org/where-do-legal-fines-fees-go-united-states/


7 posted on 10/13/2026 4:25:08 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Libloather

8 posted on 10/13/2026 4:27:07 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Libloather

So: who’s going to prison?


9 posted on 10/13/2026 4:28:01 PM PDT by LimitedPowers (Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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To: Libloather

Civil law needs to be modified so as to make it easier to pierce the corporate veil and extract individuals for criminal charges.


10 posted on 10/13/2026 4:34:09 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Libloather

I used to work for BOA in their mortgage division. There are more H-1B Indian citizen visa holders working there than you can swing a dead cat at. And if you accidently let go of the cat you are likely to hit a Pakistani. Seriously. They are all geniuses. lol lol lol


11 posted on 10/13/2026 4:44:49 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Libloather

I do believe every major financial institution in America has been fined for Money Laundering, mostly for the drug cartels. At least nobody ever goes to jail.


12 posted on 10/13/2026 4:46:00 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Libloather

The latest action is the third-largest penalty ever issued by the Treasury Department, behind a roughly $4 billion settlement in 2023 with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and an approximately $3 billion settlement with Canada-based TD Bank the following year.



13 posted on 10/13/2026 4:49:48 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Libloather

Including universities.


14 posted on 10/13/2026 4:52:22 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT! ABM = anything but muslim )
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To: Libloather

https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-assesses-12-billion-penalty-against-bank-america

y national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and illicit finance along the southwest border.

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apparent violations of numerous sanctions programs, including on Iran, Russia, narcotics, and global terrorism.


a little bit more detail


15 posted on 10/13/2026 4:53:24 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Libloather

Couldn’t happen to a better bank.


16 posted on 10/13/2026 4:54:43 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

NGOs launder gov’t grants back to the ‘Rats [and the GOPee].


17 posted on 10/13/2026 5:15:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Libloather

“In a statement, Treasury said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network assessed the $1.2 billion penalty for Bank of America’s “failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese Money Laundering Networks and illicit finance along the southwest border.’’”

But what does that mean? HOW are they laundering through China? Isn’t that a felony? Why isn’t someone going to jail? What does it mean illicit finance along the southwest border? Here we are fighting illegals and what is this they’re doing?


18 posted on 10/13/2026 5:36:44 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Libloather

And ‘illicit finance along the southwest border.’ comes off sounding like Bank of America is behind the abduction and disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. What a word fog. Opaque.


19 posted on 10/13/2026 5:39:16 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Libloather

BoA violates the rights of gun and other politically hates group while violating the laws protecting the US from foreign interests. They should be put out of business!


20 posted on 10/13/2026 5:44:06 PM PDT by CodeToad
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