The order said the bank transferred money on behalf of Iranian state-owned banks — including the Central Bank of Iran/Markazi, Bank Saderat and Bank Melli.
In his tribunal at Guantánamo last year, he admitted transferring money on behalf of some of the 9/11 hijackers, but insisted that he was a legitimate businessman, who regularly transferred money for Arabs, without knowing what it would be used for.
United States authorities have been cracking down on banks that flouted federal law to transfer money on behalf of sanctioned nations.
Unlike those of institutions that have previously settled, HSBC's activities are said to have gone beyond claims that the bank flouted United States sanctions to transfer money on behalf of nations like Iran.
The Deutsche Bank investigation is the latest in a series of cases against global financial firms since 2009 that suggests the practice of transferring money on behalf of Iranian banks and corporations flourished under a loophole in United States policy that ended in 2008.
Although he admitted transferring money on behalf of some of the 9/11 hijackers, he insisted that he had no knowledge of either 9/11 or al-Qaeda, and was a legitimate businessman, who regularly transferred money to Arabs in the United States, without knowing what it would be used for.
He organized the transfer on behalf of a consortium of the five American planetariums that still use the Mark VI, for which Zeiss no longer makes components.
The firm later doctored its report to regulators, Mr. Lawsky said, deliberately removing some illegal transfers on behalf of Iranian clients.
Ms. Lam testified at her trial that she had made transfers on behalf of an unidentified woman from her hometown of Dongguan, in southern China, who used to baby-sit her daughter before becoming a factory owner.
"Twenty years later, the same party who suppressed me is ready to have its regime transferred to me on behalf of the freedom fighters".
Guardiola is yet to submit an official transfer request on behalf of Suarez.
