Applied measures for breaches of the AML-CFT law 2023

Date	Entity subject to an impack measure (name)	Type	Violations of legislation	Impact measures	Information on complaints about sanctions measures
2023-02-02	UAB „Magistratus“	Company service provider	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (1-1), (14), (15) and (18), Article 10 point (1) and (6), Article 11 point (1), Article 12 point (2), (3), and (5), Article 19 point (10), Article 29 point (2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-02-02		Company service provider	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (14), (15) and (18), Article 14 point (1-5), (5), Article 22 point (1) and (2), Article 29 point (1-1,2,3), (2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-02-14	UAB „BXChange“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (1), (12), (17) and (23), Article 11 point (1-4b), Article 14 point (1-2,4,5) and point (10), Article 19 point (7), Article 20 point (3¹⁾, Article 22 point (1) and (2), Article 29 point (4) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-02-22	UAB „Kaiser Exchange International“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (1), (12), (15), (16) and (18), Article 11 point (1) and (3), Article 14 point (3-1) and point (5-1), Article 16 point (2), Article 22 point (1), Article 29 point (1-1) of the AML-CFT law. Point 31 of the FCIS order No. V-5 on instructions for virtual currency exchange operators and custodian virtual currency wallet operators.	Fine
2023-02-23	UAB „Entara“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (1-6), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16) and (18), Article 11 point (3-1), Article 12 point (1) and (6), Article 14 point (4¹⁾, Article 16 point (1) and (2), Article 17 point (1) and (2), Article 19 point (1), (6¹⁾, (7), (8), (9) and (10), Article 22 point (2), Article 29 point (1-4) and (2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-02-24	UAB „Spectro Finance“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 14 point (5-1,2), Article 29 point (2) of the AML-CFT law. Points 5.1, 5.2 and 6 of the FCIS order V-129 on the rules of for processing of the registration book for monetary operations, transactions and customers registration.	Warning
2023-02-24	UAB „Stirdena“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 7 point (1), Article 32 point (1-1,2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-04-25	UAB „Uno“	Real Estate Broker	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (3), Article 10, Article 19 point (3), Article 20 point (3), Article 22 point (1), Article 29 point (1) of the AML-CFT law.	Warning
2023-05-09	UAB „Hodleris“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (12), (14), (15), (16) and (18), Article 11 point (1), Article 22 point (1), Article 29 point (1-1,3,8) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine	Complaint made
2023-05-17		Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (14) and (16), Article 11 point (1-4), Article 14 point (4¹⁾ and (5) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-06-08	UAB „Katren CD“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (1-1), point (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18), Article 11 point (1) and (3), Article 11 point (3-1), Article 12 point (1) and (6), Article 14 point (4¹) and (5), Article 19 point (1),( 6¹), (7), (8), (9) and (10), Article 22 point (2), Article 29 point (1-4) and (2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-07-04		Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (12), point (14–18), Article 11 point (1), point (3-1), Article 14 point (5-3), Article 17 point (1) and (2), Article 19 point (1), Article 20 point (3¹ ) and Article 29 point (1-8) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine
2023-07-17	UAB „Bitgron“	Operator of virtual currency exchanges and depository virtual currency wallets	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (12), (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18), Article 11 point (1), Article 14 point (5), Article 16 point (2), Article 19 point (8), Article 22 point (1) and (2), Article 29 point (1-1, 3, 4, 8) of the AML-CFT law.	Warning
2023-07-26	UAB „Startesa“	Company service provider	Breaches of the requirements laid down in Article 9 point (12) and (15), Article 10 point (6-6), Article 14 point (1- 2, 3, 4), point (4¹), point (5), point (10), Article 19 point (10) and (11), Article 22 point (1) and (2), Article 29 point (1-2,4), point (2) of the AML-CFT law.	Fine

Applied measures for breaches of the AML-CTF law 2022

Applied measures for breaches of the AML-CTF law 2021

The decision may be appealed to the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on Administrative Proceedings of the Republic of Lithuania within one month of receipt of the decision. An appeal to court shall not suspend the enforcement of a decision, except for a decision to impose the penalties laid down in this Lawn and a decision to withdraw a licence or authorisation to pursue activities, where such a decision has been adopted by the supervisory authority other than the body that issued the licence or authorisation to pursue activities to another obliged entity.

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