Romanian bank penalized over Iran and Syria sanctions lapses
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-08-30T16:53:00
The Office of Foreign Assets Control fined Romania-based First Bank and its U.S. parent company JC Flowers & Co. $862,318 as part of a settlement for First Bank’s processing of transactions in apparent violation of Iran and Syria sanctions.
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