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The UK Monetary Conduct
Authority (FCA) has publicly censured Mohammad Prodhan, the previous Chief
Government Officer of Sonali Financial institution UK (SBUK), for failing to determine
and keep efficient anti-money laundering (AML) programs and controls on the financial institution.
The monetary markets regulator, which fined Prodhan £76,400 in
2018, is now opting to a number of disapprove the
ex-CEO because of “distinctive circumstances on this case.”
These conditions embrace “Mr Prodhan returning to
Bangladesh and now not having earnings or property within the UK; the actual fact he’s no
longer in employment in Bangladesh; ongoing private circumstances which restrict his
skill to journey to the UK for the Higher Tribunal; and the size of time
since his misconduct which has been impacted by Covid-delays to the
litigation,” FCA defined in a press release launched on
Friday.
Moreover, the monetary watchdog famous
the Financial institution of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has canceled the financial institution’s
authorization. The establishment has additionally been renamed to Sonali Bangladesh (UK) Restricted, it mentioned.
SBUK was based in 2001 to serve the
Bangladeshi group in the UK. The financial institution is the product of a
partnership between the Bangladesh authorities and Sonali Financial institution, a state-owned
business financial institution in Bangladesh.
Prodhan’s Offence
In 2018, the FCA penalized Prodhan for
failing to take cost of his AML duties on the SBUK, resulting in “systemic
failures in SBUK’s AML programs and controls all through the enterprise.” Nevertheless,
the CEO referred the case to the Higher Tribunal, a UK superior appellate court docket,
the place the case was delayed.
“Whereas a monetary penalty was acceptable
on this case, extended litigation to implement a penalty that’s unlikely to be
paid towards an individual who might not be capable to journey to the UK to elucidate
himself in individual to the Higher Tribunal is neither sensible nor truthful,” famous Mark Steward, Government Director of Enforcement and Market
Oversight on the FCA. “In these
distinctive circumstances, a public censure is an acceptable decision of the
case,” Steward added.
In the meantime, in 2016, Bangladesh appointed
Pradhan because the Managing Director of Rupali
Financial institution, a state-owned business financial institution. In 2019, the chief was additionally chosen because the MD of Sonali Financial institution in Bangladesh.
Nevertheless, FCA within the newest assertion mentioned Prodhan is now not in employment in
Bangladesh.
The UK Monetary Conduct
Authority (FCA) has publicly censured Mohammad Prodhan, the previous Chief
Government Officer of Sonali Financial institution UK (SBUK), for failing to determine
and keep efficient anti-money laundering (AML) programs and controls on the financial institution.
The monetary markets regulator, which fined Prodhan £76,400 in
2018, is now opting to a number of disapprove the
ex-CEO because of “distinctive circumstances on this case.”
These conditions embrace “Mr Prodhan returning to
Bangladesh and now not having earnings or property within the UK; the actual fact he’s no
longer in employment in Bangladesh; ongoing private circumstances which restrict his
skill to journey to the UK for the Higher Tribunal; and the size of time
since his misconduct which has been impacted by Covid-delays to the
litigation,” FCA defined in a press release launched on
Friday.
Moreover, the monetary watchdog famous
the Financial institution of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has canceled the financial institution’s
authorization. The establishment has additionally been renamed to Sonali Bangladesh (UK) Restricted, it mentioned.
SBUK was based in 2001 to serve the
Bangladeshi group in the UK. The financial institution is the product of a
partnership between the Bangladesh authorities and Sonali Financial institution, a state-owned
business financial institution in Bangladesh.
Prodhan’s Offence
In 2018, the FCA penalized Prodhan for
failing to take cost of his AML duties on the SBUK, resulting in “systemic
failures in SBUK’s AML programs and controls all through the enterprise.” Nevertheless,
the CEO referred the case to the Higher Tribunal, a UK superior appellate court docket,
the place the case was delayed.
“Whereas a monetary penalty was acceptable
on this case, extended litigation to implement a penalty that’s unlikely to be
paid towards an individual who might not be capable to journey to the UK to elucidate
himself in individual to the Higher Tribunal is neither sensible nor truthful,” famous Mark Steward, Government Director of Enforcement and Market
Oversight on the FCA. “In these
distinctive circumstances, a public censure is an acceptable decision of the
case,” Steward added.
In the meantime, in 2016, Bangladesh appointed
Pradhan because the Managing Director of Rupali
Financial institution, a state-owned business financial institution. In 2019, the chief was additionally chosen because the MD of Sonali Financial institution in Bangladesh.
Nevertheless, FCA within the newest assertion mentioned Prodhan is now not in employment in
Bangladesh.
