OFAC orders Swedbank Latvia to pay $3.4M over Crimea sanctions violations
By 
Jeff Dale2023-06-20T19:00:00
Swedbank Latvia agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to resolve apparent U.S. sanctions violations in the Crimea region of Ukraine, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced.
Swedbank announced the settlement Monday, which OFAC confirmed in a press release Tuesday. The bank self-disclosed the apparent violations in March 2020, though OFAC noted this was not voluntary. The agency concluded the violations were non-egregious, however, and levied a civil penalty in the case below the base applicable amount.
In March, Swedbank said it reserved 40 million Swedish krona (U.S. $3.7 million) for a settlement regarding the matter.
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