British banks pays $340 million fine for Iran dealings
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="Standard">Standard</span> <span word="Chartered">Chartered</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> 340 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="regulator">regulator</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="settle">settle</span> <span word="charges">charges</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="hid">hid</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="interests">interests</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="wording">wording</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="notes">notes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="amounted">amounted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 250 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>.</p><p><span word="Standard">Standard</span> <span word="Chartered">Chartered</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> "<span word="strongly">strongly</span> <span word="rejects">rejects</span>" <span word="the">the</span> <span word="charges">charges</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="withdraw">withdraw</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="license">license</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="center">center</span>.</p><p><span word="Standard">Standard</span> <span word="Chartered">Chartered</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fifth">fifth</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="bank">bank</span>. <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="state">state</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="regulator">regulator</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="rogue">rogue</span> <span word="institution">institution</span>" <span word="from">from</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span> <span word="ten">ten</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="regulator">regulator</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fees">fees</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="sixty">sixty</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="exchanges">exchanges</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="exchanges">exchanges</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bank">bank</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="offices">offices</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dealings">dealings</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="banking">banking</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="terrorists">terrorists</span>, <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="traffickers">traffickers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rogue">rogue</span> <span word="states">states</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Investigation">Investigation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="criminal">criminal</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span>. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="regulators">regulators</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="investigations">investigations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="settlement">settlement</span>.</p><p><span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="tightly">tightly</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="dealings">dealings</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1979. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="fifty">fifty</span>-<span word="two">two</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="hostage">hostage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tehran">Tehran</span> <span word="for">for</span> 444 <span word="days">days</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span>.</p>
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