TD Bank fined US$3B, faces U.S. asset cap in money laundering plea deal – National

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TD Bank fined US$3B, faces U.S. asset cap in money laundering plea deal – National

Two TD Bank units have pleaded guilty to U.S. ********* charges and agreed to pay $3 billion in combined penalties to resolve federal government probes into money laundering, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.

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The plea deal includes imposition of an asset cap and other limitations to its business, authorities said. The bank has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and conspiring to fail to file accurate reports or maintain a compliant anti-money laundering program, the Justice Department said.

The asset cap, imposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, is a rare step typically reserved for severe cases. It would deal a major ***** to TD, which has sought to expand further in the U.S., which accounts for about a third of the bank’s income.

TD also agreed to pay $3 billion in combined penalties to U.S. banking regulators, the Justice Department and the Treasury Department’s Financial ******* Enforcement Network.

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The deal resolves investigations by the Justice Department, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Treasury’s Financial ******* Enforcement Network. It is also includes the imposition of independent monitoring.

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An asset cap is “worst case scenario” for TD, said Cormark Securities analyst Lemar Persaud prior to details of the plea deal being announced. The bank has already set aside $3 billion for the fine.

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Persaud drew a parallel with Wells Fargo, which has a $1.95 trillion asset cap in place following a fake accounts scandal, which has constrained its earnings. An asset cap would also constrain TD’s profits but to a lesser extent than it did for Wells Fargo, he said.

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The TD probe has led to “significant underperformance of the stock and, we believe, the retirement of the current CEO Bharat Masrani,” Persaud said.

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TD is Canada’s second biggest bank and the 10th largest in the U.S. The lender first revealed it was responding to inquiries from regulators and law enforcement last year, just months after it terminated a $13 billion acquisition of regional lender First Horizon.

Federal authorities began probing TD’s internal controls after agents discovered a ******** ********* operation bribed employees and brought large bags of cash into branches to launder millions of dollars in fentanyl sales through TD branches in New York and New Jersey, a source confirmed.

TD has spent millions to strengthen its compliance programs, fired dozens of staff at its U.S. branches and named its ********* personal banking head Ray Chun as its new CEO, distancing its new chief from the money laundering scandal.

CEO Masrani, who has been at the helm for nearly a decade and previously led its U.S. operations, will retire next year. Masrani has said he takes full responsibility for the money laundering issues that have plagued the bank.

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