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1、U.S.RegulatorToFaultJPMorganChaseOverBernieMadoffDealings:Report(source:reuters.com)Reuters
2、 Posted:04/15/20133:50pmEDT
3、 Updated:04/15/20134:32pmEDTByBrettWolfandArunaViswanathaApril15(Reuters)-U.S.regulatorsplantofaultJPMorganChase&Co,whichserveda
4、sBernieMadoff'smainbankfortwodecades,forfailingtoconductadequateduediligenceandreportsuspiciousactivity,accordingtoapersonfamiliarwiththematter.TheOfficeoftheComptrolleroftheCurrencyisexpectedtoissueacease-and-desistorderagainstJPMorgan,whichwillrequir
5、ethelargestU.S.banktoputanendtotheallegedfailuresinitsanti-moneylaunderingpractices.Thetimingoftheorderisuncertainbutcouldcomelaterthisyear,thesourcesaid.Afineisnotexpected.IftheOCCisnotsatisfiedwithJPMorgan'sresponse,itcantakeharsheractionagainsttheba
6、nk,includingfinancialpenalties.OCCspokesmanBryanHubbarddeclinedcomment,asdidJPMorganspokeswomanJenniferZuccarelli.MadoffwasarrestedinDecember2008,pleadedguiltyin2009torunningamassive,decades-longPonzischeme,andisservinga150-yearprisonsentence.IrvingPic
7、ard,atrusteeforMadoff'svictims,hasaccusedJPMorganofignoringwarningsignsthatMadoff'sbusinesswasafraudandhasattemptedtosuethebank.Ajudgehastossedoutallbut$425millionofPicard's$19.9billionlawsuitagainstJPMorgan.Picardisintheprocessofappealingtheruling.JPM
8、organhassaidtherewasnoevidenceshowingthatanyoneatthebankknewofMadoff'selaboratescheme.TheOCCwillfaultJPMorganfortreatingMadoffandhisrelatedentitiesaslow-riskcustomers,andfindthatthebankfailedtoheedredflags,suchasfundsbeingshuffledbetweenaccountswithout
9、clearbusinesspurpose,saidthepersonfamiliarwiththematter.Asaresult,"suspicious"transactionswerenotreportedtoauthorities,saidthesource,whowasnotauthorizedtospeakpubliclyaboutthematter.TheOCCinJanuaryorderedJPMorgantotightenitsriskcontrolsandimproveitsant
10、i-moneylaunderingcompliance.ButtheregulatorseparatedthatorderfromanyactionrelatedtoMadoff'saccounts,inadisputewiththebankoverwhichdocumentsithadtoturnoveraspartoftheinquiry.TheinspectorgeneraloftheTreasuryDepartment,whichhousestheOCC,ha