this week’s financial crimes headlines
Posted by William Byrnes on March 19, 2015
| Banca Privada d’Andorra Money Laundering Billions for Corruption and Human Traffickers?
FinCEN’s action also describes the activity of a second high–level manager at BPA in Andorra who accepted exorbitant commissions to process transactions related to Venezuelan third–party money launderers. This activity involved the development of shell companies and complex financial products to siphon off funds from Venezuela’s public oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). BPA processed approximately $2 billion in transactions related to this money laundering scheme.
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| Former Managing Director of RBS Securities Admits To Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud of RBS Customers
Katke was a registered broker-dealer and managing director at RBS Securities Inc. As part of the scheme, Katke and his co-conspirators made misrepresentations to induce buying customers to pay inflated prices and selling customers to accept deflated prices for CLO bonds, all to benefit RBS.
 Commerzbank Admits to Sanctions and Money Laundering Violations, Will Pay $1.45 Billion Penalties!
“If for whatever reason CB New York inquires why our turnover has increase[d] so dramatically, under no circumstances may anyone mention that there is a connection to the clearing of Iranian banks!!!!!!!!!!!!!.”
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