Standard Chartered Bank — $132,000,000 OFAC penalty

OFAC published a $132,000,000 civil penalty against Standard Chartered Bank on 12/10/2012. It is the #16 largest action in OFAC’s 1,052-entry enforcement chart and #3 of the 16 actions published that year.

The record

Entity, as published by OFACStandard Chartered Bank
Penalty / settlement amount$132,000,000
Date published by OFAC12/10/2012
Aggregate penalties, settlements or findings1
Rank among all published OFAC actions#16 of 1,052
Rank within 2012#3 of 16
Share of 2012 penalty total11.6%
Voluntarily self-disclosedYes
OFAC egregiousness determinationEgregious
Sanctions programs named in the releaseIran, Sudan, Burma/Myanmar, Libya

Primary source

OFAC enforcement release: 12102012_scb.pdf. This page adds no facts beyond that document and OFAC’s published penalty chart.

Other published actions involving this name

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Comparable 2012 actions

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Source. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control — Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information. Retrieved 2026-07-26. Works of the U.S. federal government are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).

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Not legal or compliance advice. This page reproduces figures published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. OFAC’s own enforcement release is the authoritative record; where this page and OFAC differ, OFAC is correct. Consult qualified counsel for advice on any specific matter.