New York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky is earning both praise and criticism for getting a record $340 million settlement from a major British bank accused of money-laundering for Iran.
But despite the sniping from banks, other regulators and the financial press, ex-colleagues say the 42-year-old married father of two is unlikely to back off. The Ivy League ex-prosecutor is a top lieutenant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh).
Like others in the Cuomo administration, he's a team player who works in concert with the popular Democratic governor who appointed him.
In the Standard Chartered bank case, Lawsky said it laundered $250 billion for Iran, in violation of U.S. trading sanctions, leaving the U.S. financial system "vulnerable to terrorists."
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