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TD Bank pleads guilty to AML failures, receives record-smashing $3bn+ in penalties, growth cap

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Alexander Barzacanos

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“By making its services convenient for criminals, TD Bank became one,” said Attorney General Merrick B Garland.

In an extraordinary and groundbreaking case, TD Bank has become the largest lender in US history to plead guilty to failures under the Bank Secrecy Act and the first to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The bank’s actions allowed drug cartels and other criminals to move hundreds

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