JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

On January 7, 2014, news releases from FinCEN, the OCC, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and various affiliates had admitted to BSA reporting violations and other BSA/AML compliance program deficiencies. FinCEN announced that it has fined JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., $461 million for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to report suspicious transactions arising out of Bernard L. Madoff's decades-long, multi-billion dollar fraudulent investment scheme. "In consenting to the assessment of a civil money penalty, JPMorgan admitted to the facts set forth by FinCEN and that its conduct violated the Bank Secrecy Act," said the release. FinCEN said that the bank attempted to protect itself when it became suspicious of Madoff's fraud, but failed to file required Suspicious Activity Reports with FinCEN which might have "saved thousands of other fraud victims untold misery and loss." FinCEN's notice stated that the OCC will collect a $350 million payment under a Civil Money Penalty Order against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Bank and Trust Company, N.A., and Chase Bank USA, NA. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) has approved a two-year deferred prosecution agreement under which JPMorgan will forfeit $1.7 billion (which will be contributed to the recovery funds for Madoff victims). FinCEN agreed to consider its penalty satisfied by JPMorgan's payment to the SDNY. The combined payments agreed to by the JPMorgan banks total $2.05 billion.

Details of the admitted and alleged violations can be found in the press releases and orders:

• FinCEN news release
• FinCEN CMP Order
• Press release by U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York
• Supporting documents for Deferred Prosecution Agreement
• OCC press release
• OCC CMP Order