JPMorgan Chase Anti-Money Laundering Consent Orders Highlight the Role of Risk in Structuring Compliance Programs

On January 14, 2013, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Bank and Trust Company, N.A., and Chase Bank USA, N.A. (together, the Banks) and their parent holding company, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), entered into a consent order with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States (OCC) and a separate consent order with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed).  The orders follow regulatory examinations of JPMC and the Banks occasioned by JPMC’s revelation that one of its traders, Bruno Iksil, known in the industry as the “London Whale,” made huge derivative bets that cost JPMC billions.  While the consent orders primarily focus on shortcomings in JPMC’s anti-money laundering efforts and how those efforts may be improved, they more generally espouse the view – apparently shared by the SEC and DOJ in their FCPA enforcement programs – that compliance efforts should be risk-based.  See “Comprehensive FCPA Guidance Provides a Roadmap for Companies to Reevaluate and Revise Their Compliance Policies” (Nov. 28, 2012).  This article describes the orders in detail.

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