A Connecticut-based brokerage and investment firm will pay $11.8 million for providing services to individuals under U.S. sanctions, as well as people located in countries sanctioned by the U.S..

Interactive Brokers agreed to settle with the U.S. Treasuryโ€™s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday, after self-reporting violations that included the provision of services to sanctioned entities in Iran, Cuba, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the Chinese military, Venezuela, and Russia.

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