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Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion in penalties
Original: Bank of America has been hit with $1.2 billion in penalties after US authorities found major failures in its efforts to
Bank of America has been fined $1.2 billion by US authorities over major failures in its anti-money-laundering controls. The US Treasury said the bank failed to detect and report suspicious financial activity, missing more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions. The penalty is one of the largest of its kind and has drawn attention to how large banks monitor and report potential financial crime.
Why now: The size of the penalty and the scale of unreported suspicious transactions make it a major financial enforcement story.
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