Deutsche Bank fined $15.9M for lag in reporting suspicious transactions
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-10-14T15:57:00
A German public prosecutor levied a €13.5 million (U.S. $15.9 million) fine against Deutsche Bank for failing to report over 600 suspicious transactions in a timely manner but dropped a wider investigation related to the Danske Bank money laundering scandal.
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