Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Russia – Central bank fines 4 banks and issues warnings to 2 banks for failure to comply with legislation against money laundering


On 3-4 December the Central Bank of the Russian Federation issued two communiqués in which it indicated that over the preceding two months it had fined 4 banks and issued warnings to 2 additional banks for violations of Art. 15.27 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses (Кодекс Российской Федерации об административных правонарушениях).  Art. 15.27 deals with failures to comply with legislation designed to prevent money laundering.  The fined banks were as follows:

Name of bank
Reg. no.
Decree on administrative responsibility:
Date of issuance
Decree on administrative responsibility:
Date of entry into force
Bank “Rossiya” (ОАО АБ “Россия”)
328
2012-10-29
2012-11-23
Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ОАО "Уральский банк реконструкции и развития")
429
2012-11-16
2012-11-30
B & N Bank (ОАО "БИНБАНК")
2562
2012-11-13
2012-11-30
Russian Agricultural Bank (ОАО "Российский Сельскохозяйственный банк")
3349
2012-10-05
2012-10-19


The banks that were issued warnings were as follows:

Name of bank
Reg. no.
Decree on administrative responsibility:
Date of issuance
Decree on administrative responsibility:
Date of entry into force
Commercial Agroindustrial Bank of Stary Oskol (ООО Старооскольский коммерческий Агропромбанк)
1050
2012-11-12
2012-11-23
Ekaterininsky Bank (ОАО "Агро-промышленный банк Екатерининский")
2167
2012-11-20
2012-11-30

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