HSBC Executive Resigns at Senate Money-Laundering Hearing

July 23, 2012

Author: 

Jesse Hamilton and David Voreacos

Publication: 

Bloomberg News

The U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report detailing compliance failures by HSBC that included $19.4 billion in undisclosed transactions involving Iran. The report claimed that the London-based bank concealed transactions with Iran that violated U.S. sanctions, conducted business with terrorists, and permitted money laundering by drug cartels.