The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has levied a $125mn civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services for its lax anti-money laundering controls.
It’s the biggest fine FinCen says it has ever levied against a broker-dealer for breaking the Bank Secrecy Act, but it is not the first time that the $172bn bank has been punished.
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