Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€9.98mTotal of monetary amounts
€9.98mLargest single case: Leonteq AG (Finanzgruppe Leonteq)
€9.98mMedian per case with an amount

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  1. Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA) €9.98m 100 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Disgorgement of profits €9.98m 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Financial services and insurance €9.98m 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

12 Dec 2024 Leonteq AG (Finanzgruppe Leonteq)Leonteq: distribution via unregulated partners – confiscation of 9.3 million CHF in profits SwitzerlandOrganisational requirements €9.98m

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) found serious breaches of risk management obligations and of the requirement to guarantee irreproachable business conduct: the financial group monitored its distribution chain inadequately and in some cases worked with dubious, unregulated distributors that sold products in countries not intended for them without authorisation. FINMA ordered governance requirements, the termination of these relationships, the appointment of an audit agent and the confiscation of 9.3 million CHF in profits; the ruling was not yet final at the time of publication.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone who distributes via third parties is liable for their regulatory status – sales partners require due diligence just like customers.

Authority / court
Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
Legal basis
Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz (FINMAG)
Action
Disgorgement of profits
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Good cooperation in the proceedings; Leonteq had already strengthened compliance and distribution controls of its own accord and terminated relationships with suspicious distributors

Original amount 9,300,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Dec 2024.

Sources

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

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