The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) reported that the Department of the Treasury did not give information about the alleged money laundering and links with organized crime of the CI BANCO, Intercam and Vector Casa de Bolsa, as well as in their investigations he found evidence that links them with those crimes.
“The Treasury Department was requested evidence of the link of these institutions with illegal activities, which could be corroborated by the FIU, the National Banking and Securities Commission, however, no probative data was received in this regard,” said the agency in charge of Édgar Amador Zamora.
This day, the United States Government Treasury Department announced administrative and civil sanctions to these financial institutions for alleged money laundering and links with organized crime.
The US Department of the Treasury notified the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), through the General Directorate of Regulatory and International Affairs, and Hacienda on alleged irregularities of these institutions.
“The only information provided by the Treasury Department that can be verified by Mexico, contains data from some electronic transfers carried out through the aforementioned financial institutions with legally constituted Chinese companies, these transactions are carried out by thousands through national financial institutions,” said the SHCP.
The Financial Intelligence Unit said the SHCP, found transactions made to these Chinese companies by more than 300 Mexican companies through 10 national financial institutions.
“This is because Mexico has thousands of ordinary operations with legally constituted companies of China, since there is an annual trade of 139 billion dollars,” he said.
Even so, he added, the National Banking and Securities Commission initiated a review process to these institutions within the framework of national regulation.
“The result of these investigations shows administrative problems that have been sanctioned, in accordance with current regulations, with fines and other actions that as a whole ascend to 134 million pesos,” explained the SHCP.
“We want to be clear that if you have overwhelming information, that you try illegal activities of these three financial institutions, we will act with all the weight of the law, however, to date we do not have any information in this regard,” he said.
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