
Standard Chartered Bank, a global financial institution headquartered in London, England, agreed to forfeiture of $240 million, a fine of $480 million, and to the amendment and extension of its deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for an additional two years for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The bank received credit for all but $52,210,160 of the fine from a portion of the penalties paid in related cases brought by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Federal Reserve, the New York State Department of Financial Services and the uk's Financial Conduct Authority. For more info visit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/standard-chartered-bank-admits-illegally-processing-transactions-violation-iranian-sanctions