Cma defends decision not to join yarriambiack
On Friday night, a CMA executive decided to stand down from her position as president over a decision not to continue to work with the group’s board following an investigation in which the federal government said it uncovered money laundering charges for an investment fund run by former chief executive Maia Szalavitz.
A week ago, the bank paid $6-million to settle a $2-million federal probe into its investment in a firm that sold marijuana-based product in Vancouver.
That was followed by more money laundering charges brought against Szalavitz in January.
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Following the new allegations, the CMA also fired chief executive officer John Poynter, chief operating officer Jean-Marc Belin and treasurer David Schubert.
An official statement from the bank noted that the resignations were brought in the wake of “recent, significant new information” from a government commission of inquiry into the financial dealings of the CMA.
The government said last year it was investigating the CMA because a $400-million investment fund owned by the bank was linked to money laundering charges in New York.
The commission, made up of senior executives from a range of government agencies, has been trying1 인샵 to determine whether the m제주출장안마oney had been laundered for drug money, Canadian law enforcement officials have said.
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The CMA on Friday said it had never received any letter from the government or was subject to any legal or regulatory investigation.
“To date, the government has contacted the CMA by email, posted on its website, or otherwise, seeking information concerning our financial activities,” the statement said.
“As a result of the new evidence, the CMA has received two separate requests for interviews. The CMA has not been asked to identify individuals involved in the investigation or reveal any confidential corporate or tax matters.”
On Tuesday, the bank’s chief of staff, Stephen Meckel, told a federal committee hearing he thought the CMA was the only major Canadian bank that was being investigated by the federal commission.
Szalavitz, 56마이다스 카지노, was chief executive of Canadian Cannabis Corporation for three years from 2003 until 2013, when she stepped down. The CMA, a subsidiary of the Canna Corporation, had become the first Canadian company ever to be sanctioned by U.S. authorities over its marijuana holdings, including the U.S. government’s seizure of about 9
