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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: FleetBoston Financial Corp.
Current Parent Company: Bank of America
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Penalty: $300,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: March 15, 2004
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: securities issuance or trading violation
Mega-Scandal: Market Timing Abuses
Violation Description: Two FleetBoston subsidiaries agreed to pay $140 million to resolve a market timing case brought by the New York Attorney General. The settlement was jointly negotiated with the SEC, which put out its own announcement; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here). FleetBoston also reached agreement with the New York AG on reducing investor fees by $160 million over five years.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: North Carolina
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.