Compliance
Florida-Headquartered Private Bank Under Official Investigation - Media

US justice and anti-fraud agencies are probing the Florida-based bank, it has disclosed.
Florida-based
Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust has been the subject of an
investigation by the US Attorney’s Office and the US Department
of Justice’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, media
reports said.
This publication was unable to reach the bank at the time of
going to press.
The events at the Coral Gables-headquartered firm are happening
almost six years after Scott Rothstein, one of the bank’s largest
clients through his law firm and a minority shareholder, was
caught for running a $1.4 billion Ponzi fraud. The bank later
paid a multimillion-dollar settlement to the victims of the Ponzi
scheme.
The disclosure of this investigation follows a consent order last
fall from federal banking regulators that outlined steps the bank
must take to regain compliance with BSA regulations. That order
replaced a 2010 order from the now defunct Office of Thrift
Supervision, according to the South Florida Business
Journal.
The publication said the disclosure can be found in the bank’s
audited annual report for 2014 and 2013, released to
shareholders. It states that in February 2014, Gibraltar was
notified that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and
the Department of Treasury were independently considering civil
money penalties arising from the bank’s BSA and anti-money
laundering compliance.
The news report said the disclosure was contained in a report
issued by the bank to shareholders; this publication wasn’t able
to locate that report on the bank’s website and is in contact
with the bank for clarification.