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Midweek Roundup: Credit Union Staff Blew Whistle on AML Lapses, Rabobank Executives in Line for OCC Penalty, and More

Pentagon Federal Credit Union employees alerted management and regulators in 2016 and 2017 to multiple AML failures, leading to the institution's agreement with the National Credit Union Administration to improve its controls against financial crime, sources told The Wall Street Journal. More Rabobank’s U.S. compliance chief and two other executives will avert federal criminal charges but may have to pay fines to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for concealing the Dutch lender’s role in handling funds for Mexican drug cartels, sources told Bloomberg. More Former Panama-based Julius Baer banker Matthias Krull has been sentenced to 10 years...

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