- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2024-01-26T19:50:00
Two Las Vegas casinos agreed to pay penalties of nearly $7.5 million as part of separate non-prosecution agreements with the Department of Justice addressing violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) over alleged anti-money laundering (AML) compliance failings.
The MGM Grand agreed to pay a fine of more than $6.5 million, while its former President Scott Sibella pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating the BSA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced in a press release Thursday.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, which is operated by MGM, agreed to pay nearly $1 million in fines.
Both casinos will forfeit $500,000 in illicit proceeds counted toward their fines, undergo external review, and enhance their AML compliance programs as part of their respective settlements.
2024-09-10T14:29:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Wynn Las Vegas agreed to forfeit $130 million to settle a range of criminal allegations, including allegedly helping foreign customers hide money transfers and shielding patrons from Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering rules, the Department of Justice said.
2024-09-04T14:15:00Z By Ruchi Kumar, CW guest columnist
Enforcement actions in the first half of of 2024 by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network highlight the importance of proactive measures in Bank Secrecy Act compliance rather than just being compliant.
2024-02-01T14:18:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A New York-based Bank Secrecy Act compliance officer facilitated more than $1 billion in high-risk international financial business through an “unsophisticated” institution, according to the Department of Justice and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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