NatWest hit with £264m fine in case linked to Yorkshire jeweller
NATWEST has been fined more than £264 million after admitting breaching anti-money laundering regulations.
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NATWEST has been fined more than £264 million after admitting breaching anti-money laundering regulations.
Firms handling large sums of cash have been reminded of their duty to combat money-laundering after NatWest Bank was fined £264.8 million in the Financial Conduct Authority's first criminal prosecution for money laundering failings.
The court heard some £700,000 was paid into the Walsall branch in a single day, with the cash brought through a shopping centre in bin bags. | ITV News Central
NatWest has been fined £265m after it failed to prevent money laundering of £365m by one firm. Vast sums of cash were deposited with the bank in “black bin bags, which tore because of their weight”, according to sentencing remarks in the case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority. The bank pleaded guilty at
NatWest, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group, in October pleaded guilty to three offences.