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Company: Riggs Bank
Current Parent Company: PNC Financial Services
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Penalty: $16,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: January 27, 2005
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: anti-money-laundering deficiencies
Violation Description: Riggs Bank pleaded guilty to a federal criminal violation of the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with what was said to be Riggs' repeated and systemic failure accurately to report suspicious monetary transactions associated with bank accounts owned and controlled by Augusto Pinochet of Chile and by the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Columbia
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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