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€281.5mTotal of monetary amounts

€267.5mLargest single case: HSBC Bank plc

€140.8mMedian per case with an amount

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8 Jan 2026 HSBC Bank plcPNF: HSBC Bank plc pays €267.53m over dividend arbitrage (tax fraud) FranceOther €267.5m

HSBC Bank plc concluded a CJIP (convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, French deferred prosecution agreement) with the Parquet national financier (PNF, French national financial prosecutor) concerning intra-group dividend arbitrage trading structures run through its Paris branch between 2014 and 2019, which avoided withholding tax on dividends and may be classified as aggravated tax fraud. The bank pays a public interest fine of 267,531,000 EUR; for 2019 it had already paid 34,464,424 EUR in taxes, interest and penalties. Validated on 8 January 2026.

What organisations can take from it

Intra-group trades around dividend record dates must be reviewed for tax and criminal law risks before they are approved.

Relevance to training and awareness

Tax-driven dividend trades as a criminal liability risk

Authority / court: Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
Area of law: Other
Legal basis: Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (fraude fiscale aggravée)
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: final
Sector: Financial services and insurance
Employees: 10,000 or more
Published: 8 Jan 2026

Sources

Communiqué de presse du Procureur de la République financier, 8 janvier 2026 (CJIP HSBC Bank plc) Press release of an authority
Ministère de la Justice: Liste der Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public Official register or notice

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

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28 May 2025 ABN AMRO Bank N.V.OM: €14m for ABN AMRO over aiding dividend tax evasion NetherlandsOther €14m

The Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) imposed a penalty order (strafbeschikking) with a fine of 14 million EUR on ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as an out-of-court settlement. According to investigations by the FIOD (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service), the Dutch subsidiary of a foreign bank had offset a total of 124 million EUR in dividend tax in its corporate income tax returns for 2009 to 2013, although the shares were only parked in the Netherlands briefly around the dividend date; because share and derivative transactions with ABN AMRO or its legal predecessors formed part of this structure, the OM accuses the bank of aiding and abetting from mid-2010 to mid-2013. In setting the amount the OM took into account the gross revenues from the transactions, the bank’s cooperation and the age of the offences.

What organisations can take from it

Banks should check securities and derivative transactions around dividend dates to see whether they enable counterparties to claim unjustified tax credits.

Relevance to training and awareness

Tax risks of securities and derivative transactions around dividend dates

Authority / court: Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Functioneel Parket
Area of law: Other
Legal basis: Beihilfe (medeplichtigheid) zur vorsätzlich unrichtigen Abgabe von Steuererklärungen; Strafbefehl des OM
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Financial services and insurance
Employees: 10,000 or more
Mitigating circumstances: Cooperation with the investigation; offences dating back a long time.
Published: 28 May 2025

Sources

OM: Boete van 14 miljoen euro voor ABN AMRO voor medeplichtigheid aan dividendbelastingontduiking door een andere bank Press release of an authority

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

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