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U.S. regulators disclosed a $14.5 million penalty Monday against the New Jersey-based broker-dealer of Swiss bank UBS for not capturing "critical information" on billions of dollars-worth of wire transfers made in foreign currencies, among other violations. In a 15-page order, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network also claimed the broker-dealer, UBS Financial Services, did not notice red flags indicating the likely involvement of shell companies in millions of dollars in transactions from 2004 to 2012 and failed to conduct regular reviews of correspondent clients as recently as last year. "During much of the relevant period, UBSFS failed to provide...