ANALYSIS: Interactive Brokers Sends AML Warnings New and Old

Amid the current focus on pandemic-related issues in the financial industry and by its regulators, the SEC, CFTC, and FINRA announced a groundbreaking AML enforcement action against Interactive Brokers LLC (IB) on Aug. 10. This case is a first in several ways: the first CFTC enforcement action to charge a violation of its rule requiring registrants to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA); the first joint AML enforcement action by the SEC, CFTC, and FINRA; and the largest fine to date in an AML enforcement action involving the securities and futures industries, with monetary penalties totaling $38 ...