U.S. financial regulators Monday fined Canada-based TD Bank $52 million for willfully failing to report suspicious transactions tied to one of the largest-ever known Ponzi schemes.
Plaintiffs suing Toronto Dominion Bank over its ties to a convicted Ponzi schemer will likely reject a proposed comprehensive settlement that would grant the institution immunity from future litigation, say attorneys.
Federal financial regulators are questioning TD Bank about potential Bank Secrecy Act compliance lapses identified in the wake of the conviction of Florida-based Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, say sources.
In the legal wrangling that inevitably follows the collapse of Ponzi schemes, banks often escape liability. But in at least three lawsuits settled against two banks in the past year, financial institutions have been asked to pay up, and substantially.
Toronto-Dominion Bank must pay a Texas investment company $67 million for its role in helping convicted attorney Scott Rothstein run a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a Miami jury ruled Wednesday.
Hedge fund manager Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to bilking investors out of $65 billion and laundering the money as part of a Ponzi scheme that dwarfed similar swindles.
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