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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East: 1,929 cases from 40 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
€432,774Total of monetary amounts
€432,774Median per case with an amount

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1 case

12 Aug 2026 Lebes Financeira S.A. – Sociedade de Crédito, Financiamento e InvestimentoLebes Financeira: BRL 2.58m over lending to a related party above the limit BrazilOrganisational requirements €432,774

The BCB (central bank) sanctions committee COPAS imposed a fine of BRL 2,576,000.00 on Lebes Financeira S.A. – Sociedade de Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento because from January 2022 to March 2023 it engaged in prohibited credit transactions with a related company: its banking correspondent retained collected loan instalments, and the arrears reached BRL 147m at the end of November 2022, or 207.66% of adjusted equity against a limit of 10%. In addition there was a BRL 20m loan routed through a third company. The decision is not final.

What organisations can take from it

If an affiliated distribution partner retains customer money, this can quickly become a prohibited loan to a related party.

Authority / court
Banco Central do Brasil (Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador – COPAS)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
Legal basis
Lei 13.506/2017, Art. 3 II; Lei 4.595/1964, Art. 34 § 3 V d und § 4 I; Resolução CMN 4.693/2018, Arts. 5, 6 und 7 II
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 2,576,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.

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

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