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Standard Chartered fined $340 million over Iran deals
Standard Chartered on Tuesday settled allegations that it helped Iranian clients dodge US sanctions, announcing a fine of $340 million from a New York banking watchdog. The “civil penalty” came amid allegations that the London-based bank hid 60,000 transactions with proscribed Iranian clients worth $250 billion over ten years. The…
Treasury Dept. confirms Standard Chartered Bank probe, defends Iran sanctions
The US Treasury on Wednesday confirmed a probe into Standard Chartered and defended its Iran sanctions regime following the New York regulator’s damaging accusations against the British bank. Adam Szubin, director of the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, told a British counterpart in a letter that his office…
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