Westpac smacked with biggest fine in Australian corporate history | ABC News

Westpac has agreed to pay $1.3 billion for 23 million breaches of money laundering laws.
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The penalty comes after the financial crimes regulator, AUSTRAC, accused the bank of failing to prevent breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial laws.
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