Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Following an on-site inspection, the Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian Financial Supervision Authority) issued an order requiring the payment institution Wallester to remedy, by 31 December, deficiencies in governance and control functions (separation of the lines of defence, internal rules), in safeguarding customer funds and in the staffing of its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing function. Date = publication of the press release.

Authority / court

Finantsinspektsioon (Estnische Finanzaufsicht)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Aufsichtsrechtliche Anordnung (ettekirjutus) der Finantsinspektsioon

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

16 Sep 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Following a 2023 inspection, the supervisor found inadequate customer due diligence and inadequate enhanced and ongoing due diligence in sampled files, no ongoing training for sampled employees and gaps in the risk management and compliance programme, such as name and payment screening manuals that had not been approved by management before being implemented, and inadequately documented arrangements for terrorist property reporting and financial sanctions. Five cautions and penalties of 28 million ZAR were imposed, of which 5.5 million ZAR is suspended for 36 months from 13 October 2025; the bank had already been sanctioned with 56.25 million ZAR in December 2024. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Prudential Authority (PA) der South African Reserve Bank

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Sections 21, 21A und 21C i. V. m. 42(1), 42(2)(d), (e), (g) sowie Sections 42 und 43 Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

Cooperation in remedying the deficiencies; 5.5 million ZAR suspended for 36 months.

Published

11 Sep 2026

Original amount 28,000,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Sep 2026.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The financial institution did not deliver on time the data due every seven days to the Centralised Bank Account Register (CBAR). The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) set a fine of 162,704 EUR, which was reduced by 40% to 97,622 EUR under a settlement pursuant to its 2026 settlement policy.

Authority / court

Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing

Legal basis

Reg. 4(2), 8, 9 CBAR Regulations (S.L. 373.03)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Settlement with 40% reduction

Published

4 Sep 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

At the payment institution, the customer risk assessment had only been introduced after business had started, some customers remained unassessed, and customer profiles were based on transaction thresholds rather than on risk. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) set a fine of 266,833 EUR and a follow-up directive; under a settlement, the fine was reduced by 40% to 160,099 EUR.

Authority / court

Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Reg. 2(1), 5(5)(a)(ii), 7(1)(c), 7(2)(a), 21, 22 PMLFTR

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Settlement with 40% reduction; remediation demonstrated

Published

2 Sep 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Banque nationale de Belgique (National Bank of Belgium) found serious anti-money laundering due diligence failures at Wise Europe SA, including in identifying and verifying customers and beneficial owners, ongoing monitoring of business relationships, analysis of atypical transactions and intra-group information sharing. It made public that Wise Europe had not complied with an order of 8 July 2025 to meet these obligations by 31 March 2026, and ordered full compliance by 31 January 2027 at the latest; no fine was published.

Authority / court

Banque nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van België (BNB/NBB)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Art. 13 § 1, 23, 26, 27, 35 § 1 und 45 Gesetz vom 18. September 2017 zur Verhinderung von Geldwäsche; Anordnung nach Art. 93 § 1 1°, Veröffentlichung nach Art. 93 § 2 1° und Art. 98/1 i. V. m. 135 § 3

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Repeat case

yes

Published

25 Aug 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA, Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority) fined an unnamed legal person CHF 50,000 for breaches of the Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (Due Diligence Act) – business profiles not established or updated as required, group-wide application of the due diligence standard not ensured – and of the Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG, Act on the Enforcement of International Sanctions). The ISG provision relied on makes it an offence punishable by a fine not to carry out the sanctions screening of customer and transaction documents, or to carry it out improperly or late.

Authority / court

Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Art. 31 Abs. 1 Bst. e und k Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (SPG); Art. 11 Abs. 1a Bst. c Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Original amount 50,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The operator of quinnbet.com will pay £415,986 in lieu of a financial penalty to the Consolidated Fund (the UK Government's general account) under a settlement and contribute to the Commission's investigation costs. The settlement also includes a disgorgement of £193,118, which is not included in the amount shown. A compliance assessment found breaches of the anti-money laundering licence condition LC 12.1.1 paras. 2 and 3 (March 2023 to August 2025) and of the customer interaction requirements under SRCP 3.4.3; following an error during a platform migration, some of the required financial vulnerability checks under SRCP 3.4.4 were also not carried out between February and May 2025. It is the first enforcement action against the company.

Authority / court

Gambling Commission

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; LC 12.1.1 Abs. 2 und 3, SRCP 3.4.3 und SRCP 3.4.4 Abs. 1 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Other

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

No previous enforcement action, a swift action plan, full cooperation, early voluntary reporting of some of the failings, voluntary divestment of the funds gained from them and early acceptance of the failings.

Published

20 Aug 2026

Original amount 415,986 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador (COPAS, sanctions decision committee) of the Banco Central do Brasil (Brazilian central bank) fined Banco Genial S.A. a total of BRL 21,560,000.00: BRL 4,200,000.00 for inadequate anti-money laundering policies, procedures and controls, BRL 8,920,000.00 for failing to verify the credentials of foreign exchange clients and BRL 8,440,000.00 for failing to file suspicious activity reports with the financial intelligence unit Coaf in the proper form and on time. According to the case documents, the reporting charge concerned 1,364 foreign exchange transactions for the acquisition of virtual assets with five clients between November 2020 and October 2021, totalling USD 744,341,982.45.

Authority / court

Banco Central do Brasil (Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador – COPAS)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Lei nº 9.613/1998, Art. 10 III, Art. 11 und 12; Lei nº 13.506/2017; Circular BCB nº 3.978/2020; Resolução CMN nº 3.568/2008

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Original amount 21,560,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Finanstilsynet (Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority) fined the accounting firm Panzer Norge AS, based in Alta, NOK 100,000 under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The inspection found shortcomings in the firm-wide risk assessment and in customer due diligence, as well as further breaches in risk and quality management and in engagement agreements; the company, which had five employees, essentially did not dispute the breaches.

Authority / court

Finanstilsynet

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

§§ 7, 8, 9, 12 Abs. 4, 13 Abs. 1, 3 und 4, 14, 24 und 49 hvitvaskingsloven

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Other

Employees

Under 50

Culpability

negligent

Published

17 Sep 2026

Original amount 100,000 NOK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited is a provincially regulated credit union based in Kitchener, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 16,500 on the company on 10 August 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed one violation of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violation concerned written compliance policies and procedures. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-2-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

24 Sep 2026

Original amount 16,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed 125 million USD on the broker-dealer – the highest BSA penalty against a broker-dealer to date. UBSFS admitted wilful infringements: the AML programme was inadequate, more than 50,000 foreign currency transfers totalling more than 10 billion USD were not adequately monitored and suspicious activity reports were not filed; it is already the second enforcement action after 2018.

Authority / court

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Employees

10,000 or more

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

Up to 15 million USD (remaining amount due by 31 May 2028) may be waived to the extent that UBSFS bears the costs of the independent review of its AML programme and implements its recommendations

Published

3 Aug 2026

Original amount 125,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Bundesstrafgericht (Federal Criminal Court) found Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA guilty of failing to take adequate organisational measures against aggravated money laundering by a former relationship manager who in 2011 and 2012 handled accounts of a criminal organisation holding proceeds of corruption in the Uzbek telecommunications market; despite warning signs, the bank's anti-money-laundering functions did not sufficiently ensure that the origin and purpose of the funds were investigated and documented. The bank was fined CHF 3,000,000 and bears procedural costs of CHF 24,561.49; it was acquitted on the remaining charges, and proceedings for acts before 27 July 2011 were dismissed as time-barred. The judgment is not final.

Authority / court

Bundesstrafgericht (Strafkammer), Anklage der Bundesanwaltschaft

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB i.V.m. Art. 305bis Ziff. 1 und 2 StGB (Urteil SK.2023.42)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

The long time elapsed since the offences (2011/2012) was taken into account as mitigating.

Published

27 Jul 2026

Original amount 3,000,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, The New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation is a reporting entity in the casino sector based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 399,712.50 on the company on 24 July 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed one violation of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violation concerned suspicious transaction reporting. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on the New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation", published 3 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-03-2-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 7; Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Other

Published

3 Sep 2026

Original amount 399,712.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Despite a cease-and-desist notice and enforcement action of 2 January 2025, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator) found that Shelbit General Trading L.L.C (Shelbit Exchange) continued to provide virtual asset services in and from Dubai without a licence, onboarded users without the mandatory KYC checks and promoted its services without authorisation. VARA again imposed fines of an undisclosed amount and ordered it to cease immediately; according to the regulator, the risk identified also concerned cross-border transactions with possible consequences for the integrity of the UAE financial system.

Authority / court

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 (AML/CFT/PF); Cabinet Resolution No. (111) of 2022; Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai; VARA Regulations and Rulebooks

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Repeat case

yes

Published

24 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The games supplier will pay £4,750,000 in lieu of a financial penalty under a regulatory settlement, contribute to the Commission's investigation costs and accept an additional licence condition requiring an independent audit within twelve months. Five genuine Evolution games were accessible at scale to consumers in Great Britain via six websites of two operators not licensed by the Gambling Commission; between April 2024 and January 2025, its risk assessment and its anti-money laundering policies and controls did not adequately address risks arising from business partners in particular (LC 12.1.1, LC 12.1.2). After the Commission notified it in December 2024, Evolution immediately and permanently blocked the games for users in Great Britain.

Authority / court

Gambling Commission

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; LC 12.1.1 Abs. 1–3 und LC 12.1.2 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP); Reg. 18, 19(1)(a) und 28(1) Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Other

Mitigating circumstances

A swift action plan with progress updates, full cooperation with the investigation and early acceptance of the failings.

Published

23 Jul 2026

Original amount 4,750,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Caisse populaire acadienne ltée is a federally regulated credit union based in Caraquet, New Brunswick. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 676,500 on the company on 23 July 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 3 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned suspicious transaction reporting, written compliance policies and procedures and assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Specifically, according to FINTRAC, the credit union failed in four instances to report multiple transactions that showed indicators of suspicion. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire acadienne ltée", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-4-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 7, 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c), 156(2); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

24 Sep 2026

Original amount 676,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 231,826 CAD on the Halifax gaming corporation (casino sector) because it failed to file suspicious transaction reports on attempted transactions despite reasonable grounds for suspicion, did not keep its compliance policies up to date and approved by a senior officer, and did not assess the money laundering risk as required. The penalty was paid in full.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Other

Published

3 Sep 2026

Original amount 231,826 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The 2022 examination revealed that for more than two years the remote gaming operator had had no proper customer risk assessment for almost its entire player base; the assessments submitted had been prepared specifically for the examination. In addition, once players reached the deposit threshold of 2,000 EUR, it did not check in good time whether they were politically exposed persons. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 80,907 EUR; the fine was still open to appeal at the time of publication.

Authority / court

Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Reg. 5(5)(a)(ii), 11(5), 21 PMLFTR; FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I und II (Remote Gaming)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Other

Published

16 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) imposed fines totalling 210,000 EUR on the cooperative bank: business relationships were not monitored on an ongoing basis or with enhanced scrutiny, additional information was not obtained and suspicious activity reports were not filed or were filed late. The function of the money laundering reporting officer had been outsourced to an external service provider with several clients.

Authority / court

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

§ 56 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 20, 36, 38 und 69 GwG; Bekanntmachung nach § 57 GwG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

17 Sep 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Following an on-site inspection from February to April 2025, the Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) found deficiencies in customer due diligence, active cooperation (suspicious transaction reporting) and anti-money laundering controls, and imposed an administrative fine of 40,000 EUR. The duration of the deficiencies and the corrective measures initiated were taken into account.

Authority / court

Banca d'Italia

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Art. 62 d.lgs. 231/2007; Verstöße gegen Art. 7, 16–19, 24, 25, 35, 36 d.lgs. 231/2007

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Corrective measures initiated

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a public censure because the London branch opened and operated accounts for the wealth manager WealthTek, although its own register searches showed that it lacked permissions to hold client assets, and overlooked a restriction noted in the register; 16 monitoring alerts were not worked through over two years, and more than £314 million flowed through the accounts. In view of cooperation and a voluntary payment of £31.7 million to WealthTek clients, the FCA refrained from imposing a fine (otherwise £23.1 million after discount).

Authority / court

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Section 205 FSMA (Public Censure) wegen Verstoßes gegen FCA Principle 2; Maßstab u. a. SYSC 6.1.1R, 6.3.1R, 6.3.3R und Regulations 18, 27, 28 MLR 2017

Action

Reprimand or warning

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Cooperation, acknowledgement of the deficiencies and a voluntary payment of £31,714,068 to those harmed

Published

25 Jun 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

For the period April 2022 to May 2023, the Swedish financial supervisory authority Finansinspektionen (FI) found that the bank’s general risk assessment did not realistically assess the terrorist financing risks of its corporate products and that no enhanced due diligence measures were taken for high-risk corporate customers. FI issued a remark and imposed 140 million SEK; the bank has brought an action before the administrative court.

Authority / court

Finansinspektionen (FI)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Penningtvättslagen (2017:630)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

17 Jun 2026

Original amount 140,000,000 SEK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to investigations by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator), MX Global Ltd, which trades under the MEXC brand, provided broker-dealer and/or exchange services to customers in Dubai without a licence from 2022 to April 2026 and onboarded users without the KYC checks required by law. VARA imposed fines of an undisclosed amount and ordered the immediate cessation of all unlicensed activities in or from Dubai; other group companies were expressly not affected.

Authority / court

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 (AML/CFT/PF); Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai; Cabinet Resolution No. 111/2022; VARA Regulations and Rulebooks

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Full cooperation, compliance with the cease-and-desist orders and a stated intention to apply for a VARA licence.

Published

22 Jun 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Caisse populaire Alliance limitée is a provincially regulated credit union based in North Bay, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 82,500 on the company on 5 June 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 4 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures, enhanced measures for high-risk situations, assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks and the prescribed review of the compliance programme. Specifically, according to FINTRAC, 46 of 118 high-risk clients were not reviewed annually, contrary to the credit union's own policies. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire Alliance limitée", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-1-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1), 9.6(3); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c), 156(1)(f), 156(2), 156(3), 157; Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

24 Sep 2026

Original amount 82,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Pathwise Credit Union is a provincially regulated credit union based in Oshawa, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 41,250 on the company on 4 June 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 2 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures and assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Pathwise Credit Union", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-3-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

24 Sep 2026

Original amount 41,250 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator) had licensed CoinMENA FZE to provide broker-dealer services on 30 November 2023. In ongoing supervisory inspections covering its entire market operations from the outset up to and including the 2025 financial year, VARA found administrative weaknesses in internal systems and controls that led to compliance failures in the company's anti-money laundering programme. VARA imposed a fine, the amount of which was not published.

Authority / court

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Full cooperation, acceptance of the findings and a coordinated remediation plan.

Published

22 Jun 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The FCA barred the e-money institution Euro Exchange Securities UK Ltd with immediate effect from providing any e-money and payment services, prohibited any dealing with customer funds without its consent and required an independent third party to oversee their return. According to the FCA, the reasons were systemic weaknesses in combating financial crime – in customer risk assessment, customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence, screening, transaction monitoring and governance – together with indications that the obligations to safeguard customer funds were not being met. On the FCA's application the court appointed interim managers on 4 June 2026 and confirmed the special administration on 11 June 2026.

Authority / court

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

reg. 11(1) Electronic Money Regulations 2011 i. V. m. regs. 6(5)(b), 6(5)(c), 6(6)(d), 20 und 37 EMRs; Money Laundering Regulations 2017

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

5 Jun 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc. is a reporting entity in the casino sector based in Moncton, New Brunswick. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 212,025 on the company on 29 May 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 3 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned suspicious transaction reporting, written compliance policies and procedures and assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc.", published 9 July 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-07-09-1-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 7, 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Other

Published

9 Jul 2026

Original amount 212,025 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS, Singapore's central bank and financial regulator) allegedly imposed a composition penalty of SGD 300,000 on the licensed trust company Padang Trust Singapore Pte. Ltd. because it failed to inquire into unusual transactions with no apparent economic or lawful purpose and did not file suspicious transaction reports promptly. According to MAS, the causes were inadequate controls, including a lack of scrutiny of unusual transactions and low staff awareness of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and red flags; the company paid the penalty, took remedial action and appointed an independent reviewer to confirm that the measures are effective. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

MAS Notice TCA-N03; s 27B(2) Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186); Composition nach s 176(1A) MAS Act 1970

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

25 May 2026

Original amount 300,000 SGD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The sanctions committee COPAS of the Banco Central do Brasil (central bank) imposed fines totalling BRL 16,280,000.00 on Banco Topázio S.A.: BRL 4,560,000.00 because its monitoring system contained no rules for foreign exchange transactions to buy and sell virtual assets, BRL 3,280,000.00 because suspicious transactions were not reported, or reported late, to the financial intelligence unit Coaf (including BRL 3.05bn from one client), and BRL 8,440,000.00 because the bank had not verified the qualification of foreign exchange clients. In addition, for two years it may not carry out over-the-counter foreign exchange transactions for virtual assets in which the client acts as an unauthorised intermediary for third parties. The decision is not final.

Authority / court

Banco Central do Brasil (Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador – COPAS)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

Lei 9.613/1998, Art. 10 III, Art. 11 II, Art. 12 II und § 2 II und IV; Circular BCB 3.978/2020, Arts. 38, 39 und 48; Lei 13.506/2017, Art. 3 XVII, Art. 5 II und IV

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Original amount 16,280,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Česká národní banka (ČNB, Czech National Bank) fined Československá obchodní banka 30,000,000 CZK under the Czech anti-money laundering act. For customers internally rated as high-risk, including a credit institution, the bank did not adequately examine the purpose and background of transactions such as 58 cash withdrawals and did not fully screen ownership and management structures against sanctions lists. It also lacked effective internal procedures for ongoing customer due diligence and for enhanced due diligence on transactions involving high-risk third countries; for 8,414 legal entities with complex structures, the whole structure was not screened for sanctions.

Authority / court

Česká národní banka (ČNB)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

§ 9 Abs. 1 lit. c, § 9a Abs. 1, § 21 Abs. 1, § 44 Abs. 1 lit. b und Abs. 3 lit. d, § 48 Abs. 1 Zákon č. 253/2008 Sb. (AML-Gesetz)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Original amount 30,000,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Between March 2022 and March 2025 a Hamilton law firm repeatedly breached the AML/CFT Act: it lacked a proper risk assessment, an implemented anti-money laundering programme and adequate records. It also failed to respond, or responded only in part, to information notices from the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA, the AML/CFT supervisor for law firms), thereby obstructing its investigators. After the firm pleaded guilty, the court imposed a fine of 60,000 NZD, taking the firm's size and financial capacity into account.

Authority / court

Strafgericht, in der Quelle nicht benannt (Anklage: Department of Internal Affairs)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Other

Culpability

intentional

Liability of senior managers

According to the Department of Internal Affairs, the firm's partners, as lawyers, also had professional obligations to uphold the law.

Published

24 Apr 2026

Original amount 60,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Apr 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 693,742.50 CAD on the Edmonton money services business, which also exchanges virtual currencies, for five violations: repeated failure to file suspicious transaction reports, lack of written compliance policies, insufficient enhanced measures for high-risk transactions, lack of a risk assessment and incomplete records of occupation and transactions for crypto exchanges.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

14 May 2026

Original amount 693,742.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 225,730 EUR, a penalty payment of 2,000 EUR per day and a follow-up directive on the licensed gambling operator, which works through a network of independently operated betting shops in an EU member state. The company was unable to link customers' cumulative deposits across different shops and only checked customers from a single deposit of 2,000 EUR upwards, so the threshold could be circumvented. The company has appealed.

Authority / court

Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Regulation 21 PMLFTR; Verstöße gegen Regulations 5(5)(a)(ii), 7, 9(1) PMLFTR und FIAU Implementing Procedures

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Other

Published

16 Apr 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The KoFIU (Korea Financial Intelligence Unit) found that the crypto exchange Bithumb had processed 45,772 transfers of crypto assets with 18 virtual asset service providers that had not complied with their reporting obligation between August 2022 and April 2025, and had breached customer identification duties and the associated transaction restrictions in large numbers; there were also shortcomings in suspicious transaction reporting, record keeping and the risk assessment of new products. On 17 March 2026 it ordered a six-month partial suspension of business (no transfers of crypto assets for new customers from 27 March to 26 September 2026) and imposed a fine of KRW 36,873.5 million. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Art. 4, 5, 5-2, 5-4 und 8 Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information; Art. 9, 10-6, 10-9 und 10-20 Durchführungsverordnung (Teilsperre wegen Art. 8 i. V. m. Art. 10-20 DVO: Geschäfte mit nicht gemeldeten Anbietern)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Published

17 Mar 2026

Original amount 36,873,500,000 KRW, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Hakrinbank N.V., Finabank N.V. and De Surinaamsche Bank N.V. concluded transactions (out-of-court settlements) with the Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) over suspected negligent money laundering (schuldwitwassen) in 2018 and are paying a total of 415,000 EUR (Hakrinbank 166,000 EUR, Finabank and De Surinaamsche Bank 124,500 EUR each). The trigger was the seizure at Schiphol Airport in April 2018 of 19.5 million EUR in cash belonging to the three banks and bound for Hong Kong; the OM accused them of not having adequately checked the origin of the cash in Suriname, in particular who the customers of the bureaux de change among their clients were. The OM found no intent; it took into account the age of the case and the lesser seriousness of negligent money laundering, and the seized money will be returned.

Authority / court

Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Arrondissementsparket Noord-Holland

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Schuldwitwassen (fahrlässige Geldwäsche nach niederländischem Strafrecht); Transaktion des OM

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

No intent established; age of the case; the banks have since implemented improvements in cash controls, KYC and governance.

Published

17 Mar 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The nationwide jewellery chain (a dealer in precious metals and stones) received a penalty of 51,562.50 CAD from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) because written compliance policies were lacking or not applied, the money laundering risk was not assessed and documented, and the prescribed two-yearly effectiveness review was not carried out. Birks has appealed to the Federal Court.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Retail and e-commerce

Published

5 May 2026

Original amount 51,562.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed 80 million USD on the broker-dealer, which admitted wilful BSA infringements: no effective AML programme, no due diligence on correspondent accounts of foreign financial institutions and failure to file suspicious activity reports in connection with securities fraud. Remedial measures that had been promised were not implemented for years.

Authority / court

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Culpability

intentional

Published

6 Mar 2026

Original amount 80,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The CSSF fined the specialised financial services provider, whose domiciliation business was inspected, EUR 56,000 (around 2% of annual turnover). In four cases involving adverse media on possible corruption or drug trafficking, the company reported to the FIU only after the CSSF asked and incompletely; in six further cases with indications of corruption, bribery and tax offences no report was made at all.

Authority / court

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

Art. 2-1(1) i. V. m. Art. 8-4(1), (2)(f) und (3)(a) Loi modifiée du 12 novembre 2004 (LBC/FT); verletzt u. a. Art. 5(1)(a); Règlement CSSF 12-02

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Limited scope of the inspection; findings acknowledged, action plan and remedial measures.

Published

9 Jun 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Following the introduction of a new core banking system in April 2025, the bank was unable, until September 2025, to submit the mandatory weekly data deliveries to the Centralised Bank Account Register (CBAR) on time. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 69,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing

Legal basis

Reg. 4(2), 8 Centralised Bank Account Register Regulations (S.L. 373.03)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

The bank continuously attempted to upload reports

Published

6 Mar 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Northern Isga Foundation is a non-profit charitable organisation based in Glenevis, Alberta, that receives a portion of a casino's revenues and is therefore a reporting entity. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 91,162.50 on the foundation on 2 March 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the foundation committed 4 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures, assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks, the compliance training programme and the prescribed review of the compliance programme. According to FINTRAC, the foundation has appealed the decision to the Federal Court. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Northern Isga Foundation", published 26 March 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-03-26-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c), 156(1)(d), 156(1)(e), 156(1)(f); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Other

Published

26 Mar 2026

Original amount 91,162.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Following enforcement proceedings, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) found serious, systematic deficiencies in anti-money laundering due diligence, organisation and risk management; the bank enabled clients to circumvent official asset freezes and executed transactions for sanctioned persons. FINMA had withdrawn the bank's licence and ordered its liquidation; with the withdrawal of the appeal before the Federal Administrative Court, the orders took effect on 27 February 2026. The day before, FinCEN had proposed designating the bank as an institution of primary money laundering concern.

Authority / court

Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Schweizer Geldwäschereirecht und Bankenaufsichtsrecht (laut FINMA)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Employees

50 to 249

Published

27 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The NBS (National Bank of Slovakia) fined the French bank COFIDIS 160,000 EUR in respect of its Slovak branch for 23 breaches found in an on-site inspection that began in May 2021. The anti-money laundering programme was outdated and incomplete (among other things it lacked current details of the money laundering officer, clear rules on when standard and when enhanced due diligence applies, the branch's own risk assessment and record-keeping requirements); in 2020 only 5 of 27 staff were trained, and 6 of 7 newly hired staff with AML tasks were not trained within three months. The branch also failed to verify customers' identity adequately for online products and electronic signing, did not identify politically exposed persons, did not monitor third-party payments into loan accounts, did not report refusals of unusual transactions to the financial intelligence unit and submitted inaccurate customer data to the NBS.

Authority / court

Národná banka Slovenska (NBS)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

§ 10, § 12, § 14, § 17, § 19, § 20 Abs. 1 bis 3, § 20a Zákon č. 297/2008 Z. z. (AML-Gesetz); § 27 Abs. 2, § 42 Abs. 2, § 50 Abs. 1 lit. d Zákon č. 483/2001 Z. z. (Bankengesetz)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, VersaBank is a bank based in London, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 42,075 on the company on 23 February 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, the company committed 2 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures and enhanced measures for high-risk situations. Specifically, according to FINTRAC, the bank failed in at least seven instances to correctly identify elevated or high-risk clients and apply enhanced due diligence. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on VersaBank", published 5 May 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-05-05-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1), 9.6(3); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 157; Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Published

5 May 2026

Original amount 42,075 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

From 2017 to 2020, an Austrian bank specialising in private and investment banking had not adequately examined the ownership and control structure of an offshore holding client despite the lack of evidence on shareholders, trust arrangements and beneficial owners. The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) confirmed the infringement but reduced the additional penalty imposed by the Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht, FMA) in its penalty decision of 17 December 2024 from 476,000 to 356,000 EUR (total penalty 436,000 EUR less FMA penalties already paid), because the FMA had taken the seriousness of the offence into account twice and the bank had cooperated, admitted its errors and terminated the client relationship; an appeal on points of law has been permitted.

Authority / court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVwG); Straferkenntnis der Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) vom 17.12.2024

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

§ 9 Abs. 1 erster Satz i. V. m. § 6 Abs. 1 Z 2 FM-GwG; § 35 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 34 Abs. 1 Z 2 und Abs. 2 FM-GwG; § 22 Abs. 9 FMABG (Zusatzstrafe)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction by the court because the wrongfulness of the offence had been counted twice, cooperation, admission of the facts and of guilt, and termination of the client relationship

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) dismissed the appeal of a listed major Austrian bank and upheld the fine of 588,000 EUR (plus 58,800 EUR in procedural costs) imposed by the Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht, FMA) in its penalty decision of 19 November 2024. From 2017 to 2020, the bank had not adequately risk-classified three business relationships and had disregarded sector risks such as gambling and precious metals trading as well as cash intensity; an appeal on points of law has been permitted.

Authority / court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVwG); Straferkenntnis der Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) vom 19.11.2024

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

§ 6 Abs. 5 i. V. m. § 34 Abs. 1 Z 2 und § 35 Abs. 1–3 FM-GwG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) imposed a penalty order of 500,000 EUR on the Dutch Louis Vuitton BV for breaches of the Wwft (Dutch Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act) because, over a long period, the company did not sufficiently check who the customers were who repeatedly spent large amounts in cash. The case arises from ongoing money laundering proceedings in which, according to the OM, a buyer spent a total of more than 2 million EUR of criminal proceeds under various names on luxury goods in shops such as those of Louis Vuitton between August 2021 and February 2023 and sent the bags to China for resale; a then sales employee allegedly helped her and warned her whenever she was about to spend more than 10,000 EUR a month through one of her customer accounts. The OM settled the matter out of court to free up scarce hearing capacity at the Rechtbank Rotterdam (Rotterdam District Court).

Authority / court

Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Landelijk Parket

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme (Wwft), Kundenprüfung; Strafbefehl des OM

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Retail and e-commerce

Published

12 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Following a guilty plea to charges including conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and to violate the AML obligations of the Bank Secrecy Act, the peer-to-peer crypto platform was sentenced to a penalty of 4 million USD. 112.5 million USD would have been appropriate, but the US Department of Justice (DOJ) found an inability to pay; in December 2025, FinCEN had additionally imposed a civil penalty of 3.5 million USD.

Authority / court

U.S. Department of Justice

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Travel Act; Verschwörung zum Betrieb eines nicht lizenzierten Geldtransfergeschäfts und zur Verletzung der AML-Pflichten des Bank Secrecy Act

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Culpability

intentional

Mitigating circumstances

Penalty limited from 112.5 million to 4 million USD because of proven inability to pay

Published

11 Feb 2026

Original amount 4,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc. is a real estate brokerage based in Kitchener, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 24,750 on the company on 4 February 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed one violation of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violation concerned assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.", published 5 May 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-05-05-1-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(c); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Construction and real estate

Published

5 May 2026

Original amount 24,750 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Until March 2018, the payment institution had no systematic integrity risk analysis (SIRA) and therefore no systematic identification and analysis of integrity risks for its gatekeeper function. The Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) imposed the fine in 2020; following objection and appeal proceedings, it was fixed at the reduced amount of 406,125 EUR by the decision of 28 January 2026 and was published in July 2026.

Authority / court

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Art. 3:10 Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft); Art. 10 Besluit prudentiële regels Wft (Bpr)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Fine reduced in the objection and appeal proceedings

Published

21 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Saxo Bank accepted an administrative fine of 313,000,000 DKK from the Finanstilsynet (Danish Financial Supervisory Authority). For a number of customer relationships the bank had not obtained sufficient information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship, and between January 2021 and May 2023 it did not carry out ongoing monitoring of the end customers of its white-label partners, to whom it provided its trading platform. The fine was reduced because of the bank's cooperation in the investigation and the remedial steps taken, and in view of the bank's financial solidity.

Authority / court

Finanstilsynet

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Hvidvaskloven § 11 stk. 1 nr. 4 og 5; administratives Bußgeld nach § 78 a hvidvaskloven

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Cooperation in the investigation and remedial action on collecting the purpose and nature of the business relationship; reduction in view of the bank's financial solidity.

Published

23 Jan 2026

Original amount 313,000,000 DKK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Jan 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

An on-site inspection in 2023 revealed that the life insurer in some cases did not handle the mandatory money laundering risk assessment questionnaires in compliance with the rules, that the employees responsible lacked sufficiently precise instructions and that customer files contained many incorrect answers. The Commissariat aux Assurances (Luxembourg insurance supervisory authority, CAA) imposed 615,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Loi modifiée du 12 novembre 2004 (LBC/FT), Art. 2-1, 8-4, 8-5; Règlement CAA 20/03

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Mitigating circumstances

Close cooperation with the CAA during and after the inspection; remediation plan for all deficiencies submitted promptly.

Published

1 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

CySEC (Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission) reached a settlement with the administrative services provider (ASP) over possible breaches of the money laundering law and the CySEC anti-money laundering directive in the period 2015–2020. It covered adequate policies, controls and procedures, risk identification, the board's responsibilities and the compliance officer's duties; the company allegedly paid EUR 70,000. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Art. 58(a)–(d), 58A(1) Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law of 2007; Ziff. 5(d), 9(1)(d) CySEC-Richtlinie; Vergleich nach Art. 37(4) Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Liability of senior managers

The settlement expressly covered the board's duties and the compliance officer's tasks under the anti-money laundering directive.

Published

6 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The FSRA (Financial Services Regulatory Authority, the financial regulator of Abu Dhabi Global Market, ADGM) fined the operator of a multilateral trading facility, which also held a custody permission, allegedly 36,000 USD because it did not file its annual AML returns for 2020 to 2024 until 16 December 2025 despite numerous reminders and did not pay the late filing fees of 2,000 USD in total. The regulator also found inadequate systems and controls; in correspondence the firm pointed to internal issues and to the departure of the user registered for the reporting portal. Without the 20% discount for early settlement the fine would have been 45,000 USD.

Authority / court

Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls

Legal basis

Section 232 Financial Services and Markets Regulations 2015 (FSMR); AML Rule 4.6.1; GEN Rule 2.2.3 (Principle 3); FEES Rule 1.2.7

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

Full cooperation, remediation, no previous non-compliance, limited scale of business with few clients and no customer loss identified (10% reduction); 20% discount for early settlement.

Original amount 36,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The FCA barred BeAccount Ltd (trading as Payine), an authorised e-money institution, with immediate effect from all e-money and payment services, including taking on new customers and new customer funds, and required it to return customer funds and to inform customers and the public. After reviewing client files, the FCA had serious concerns that the institution was not complying with the money laundering rules – on risk assessment, internal policies, customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence for politically exposed persons – and was not managing its risks effectively.

Authority / court

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

reg. 11(1) Electronic Money Regulations 2011; Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (regs. 18, 19, 27, 28 und 35)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Finansinspektionen (FI, Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) issued Svea Bank a remark (anmärkning) and an administrative fine of 170,000,000 SEK. In the review period from 30 April 2022 to 1 May 2023 (business with legal entities), the general risk assessments were incomplete, customers were not risk-assessed as required, beneficial owners were not sufficiently identified, and enhanced due diligence on high-risk customers was omitted, insufficient or late in a large proportion of the cases reviewed. An earlier FI sanction of June 2022 for credit assessment failings was treated as only a minor aggravating factor because it concerned different obligations.

Authority / court

Finansinspektionen (FI)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism, u. a. 2 kap. 1–3 §§, 3 kap. 12 och 16 §§; 15 kap. 1 och 7 §§ lagen (2004:297) om bank- och finansieringsrörelse

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

The bank pointed to its cooperation and remediation; FI did not treat this as mitigating. No damage was known to FI; in an overall assessment FI did not classify the breaches as serious and therefore refrained from a warning or licence revocation.

Published

17 Dec 2025

Original amount 170,000,000 SEK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Arnsberg regional government (Bezirksregierung Arnsberg), as anti-money laundering supervisor for the non-financial sector, imposed a fine of 379,503.50 EUR, final since 16 December 2025, on the furniture retailer as a dealer in goods for breach of due diligence obligations under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG).

Authority / court

Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Geldwäscheaufsicht Nichtfinanzsektor)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Geldwäschegesetz (Sorgfaltspflichten); Bekanntmachung nach § 57 GwG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Retail and e-commerce

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not reported here.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA, Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority) fined an unnamed legal person CHF 58,000 because it had not established or updated the business relationship profile as required (Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz, Due Diligence Act) and had breached the provisions of the Treuhändergesetz (Trustees Act) on conflicts of interest. These provisions require trustees and trust companies to keep their own assets strictly separate from client money, not to engage in proprietary transactions, and to disclose and document conflicts of interest towards clients; the FMA does not state which of these obligations was breached.

Authority / court

Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

Art. 31 Abs. 1 Bst. e i.V.m. Art. 31 Abs. 5 Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (SPG); Art. 81 Abs. 1 Bst. f i.V.m. Art. 81 Abs. 6 Treuhändergesetz (TrHG)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Liability of senior managers

For the Due Diligence Act breach, the fine is based on Art. 31(5) SPG, which makes the legal person liable for offences committed by persons in management positions.

Original amount 58,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £44,078,500 (after a 30% discount) because, from October 2016 to July 2021, the building society had no effective systems to keep due diligence and risk assessments for personal customers up to date, and did not identify personal accounts used for business purposes. As a result, one customer received 24 fraudulent Covid furlough payments totalling £27.3 million.

Authority / court

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence

Legal basis

FCA Principle 3; SYSC 6.1.1R und 6.3.1R

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Financial services and insurance

Employees

10,000 or more

Mitigating circumstances

30% settlement discount

Published

12 Dec 2025

Original amount 44,078,500 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

According to FINTRAC, Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd. is a real estate brokerage. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 148,912.50 on the company on 10 December 2025. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed one violation of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violation concerned suspicious transaction reporting. According to FINTRAC, the company has appealed the decision to the Federal Court. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd.", published 10 February 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-02-10-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.

Authority / court

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Area of law

Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports

Legal basis

PCMLTFA s. 7; Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Construction and real estate

Published

10 Feb 2026

Original amount 148,912.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link