Amended statement of claim in AUSTRAC's 2017 proceeding against CommBank

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OFFICIAL

Good morning,

Thank you for submitting a request for access to information you believe
to be held by AUSTRAC. In accordance with section 15(5)(a) of the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), I formally acknowledge receipt of your
freedom of information request for access to:

‘* The Amended Statement of Claim served on the Commonwealth Bank
of Australia ("CommBank") on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the
CEO of AUSTRAC, in a Federal Court of Australia case with file number
NSD1305/2017.

Scope of this request:

* I request the entire document, including all annexures, except as
provided below.

* Please exclude any annexure marked "Confidential", "Confidential
Annexure" or similar. References to the annexures by their
"label"/"identifier" only (e.g. "... detailed in Confidential Annexure A
to the Statement of Claim", where "Confidential Annexure A" is the
"label/identifier") should not be excluded where possible.

* Please exclude any material sealed by order of the court, or similar
overriding obligation.

Particulars in relation to the request:

* AUSTRAC initiated civil penalty proceedings in relation to CommBank on
August 3, 2017, which was announced to the public via media release on
AUSTRAC's website.

* The Federal Court of Australia file number for the proceedings is
NSD1305/2017.

* CommBank released an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange
on Thursday, 14 December 2017 confirming it had been served with the
Amended Statement of Claim in these proceedings.

* AUSTRAC has publicly made available Statements of Claim for subsequent
enforcement proceedings on its website at
[1]https://www.austrac.gov.au/lists-enforce...

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-----Original Message-----

From: Andrew Smith <[FOI #11333 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 4:46 PM

To: INFO_ACCESS <[email address]>

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Amended statement of claim in
AUSTRAC's 2017 proceeding against CommBank [EXTERNAL]

Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,

This request is made under the Freedom of Information Act for the
following document/material:

* The Amended Statement of Claim served on the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia ("CommBank") on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the CEO
of AUSTRAC, in a Federal Court of Australia case with file number
NSD1305/2017.

Scope of this request:

* I request the entire document, including all annexures, except as
provided below.

* Please exclude any annexure marked "Confidential", "Confidential
Annexure" or similar. References to the annexures by their
"label"/"identifier" only (e.g. "... detailed in Confidential Annexure A
to the Statement of Claim", where "Confidential Annexure A" is the
"label/identifier") should not be excluded where possible.

* Please exclude any material sealed by order of the court, or similar
overriding obligation.

Particulars in relation to the request:

* AUSTRAC initiated civil penalty proceedings in relation to CommBank on
August 3, 2017, which was announced to the public via media release on
AUSTRAC's website.

* The Federal Court of Australia file number for the proceedings is
NSD1305/2017.

* CommBank released an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange
on Thursday, 14 December 2017 confirming it had been served with the
Amended Statement of Claim in these proceedings.

* AUSTRAC has publicly made available Statements of Claim for subsequent
enforcement proceedings on its website at
https://www.austrac.gov.au/lists-enforce....

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Smith

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