The U.S. thrift regulator, slated to shut its doors in July, has been spending its waning days levying more and larger monetary penalties against individuals tied to institutions subject to anti-money laundering enforcement actions. Since late 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) has fined 32 individuals in at least six financial institutions a total of more than $300,000. The frequency of the penalties by the agency, which this month levied its largest ever fine against a former bank official, has been on the rise annually, according to its Web site. Typically, the fines have ranged from...