BNP blokuje r-ki wielu firm z powodu marginalnych nieścisłości

Bodajże w 2014 r. BNP Paribas zapłacił największą karę historii USA za złamanie sankcji przeciw Sudanowi, Kubie i Iranowi.

U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan formally ordered the French bank to forfeit $8.83 billion and pay a $140 million fine as part of a sentence that also called for BNP Paribas to enhance its compliance procedures and policies.
Some of that money could now go to people harmed by the three sanctioned countries under a program the U.S. Justice Department announced in court.
Georges Dirani, BNP’s general counsel, told the judge that the bank accepted “full responsibility for its conduct,” and was under CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafé’s personal supervision already improving its policies.
“There’s no question the organization will not tolerate the kind of behavior we have seen in this case,” Dirani said.
The case marked the first time a global bank pleaded guilty to violations of U.S. economic sanctions, the Justice Department said.
The sentencing followed BNP Paribas’ guilty plea in July to conspiring from 2004 to 2012 to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act.
The sentence imposed by Schofield followed the terms of a heavily negotiated plea deal the Justice Department announced that month.
Authorities said that BNP essentially functioned as the “central bank for the government of Sudan,” concealing its tracks and failing to cooperate when first contacted by law enforcement.
Prosecutors said BNP also evaded sanctions against entities in Iran and Cuba, in part by stripping information from wire transfers so they could pass through the U.S. system without raising red flags.