The decision comes less than a year after the DOJ sentenced Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison.

TD Bank is the biggest bank to plead guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations. The Bank Secrecy Act which was enacted in 1970 to combat money laundering requires banks to establish and maintain programs that guard against money laundering.

TD Bank will pay $3 billion to settle charges that it failed to properly monitor money laundering by drug cartels, a source with knowledge of the settlement told CNN.

For years, TD ignored red flags from high-risk customers and created a "convenient" environment for bad actors to exploit, the government said.

TD Bank agreed to pay about $3 billion in fines to U.S. authorities and pleaded guilty on Thursday to money-laundering-related charges in a case brought by federal prosecutors, who said the Canadian bank made it “convenient” for criminals to open accounts, transfer funds and even deposit seven-figure sums of cash at its branches.

TD Bank today pled guilty and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the Justice Department’s investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and failure to comply with anti-money laundering rules.

TD Bank, the 10th largest bank in the United States, has agreed to pay penalties of more than $3 billion to settle charges of bank secrecy violations and money laundering, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Toronto-Dominion Bank shares fell on Thursday as the Canadian bank was fined and forced to limit expansion to settle charges it failed to prevent money laundering.

TD Bank allowed money laundering networks to move more than $670 million through its accounts between 2019 and 2023, Justice Department says.