CYSEC Board Decision
8 September 2022
CYSEC Board Decision
Announcement date: 08.09.2022 Board decision date: 18.07.2022
Regarding: Zemblanco Investments Ltd
Legislation: Τhe Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist
Financing Law
Subject: Settlement €200.000
Judicial Review: N/A Judicial Review
Ruling:
N/A
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission («CySEC») would like to note the following:
CySEC, under article 37(4) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, may
reach a settlement agreement regarding any violation or possible violation, act or omission for
which there is reasonable ground to believe that it took place in violation of the provision of
CySEC’s supervised legislation.
A settlement agreement has been reached with the CIF Zemblanco Investments Ltd (LEI
21380044MJNCYKRR2X92) (“the Company”) for possible violations of the Prevention and
Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law as amended of 2007 (the ‘Law’),
as these appeared on an inspection taking place during the period December 2020 - December
2021.
More specifically, the settlement reached involved the assessment of the Company’s compliance
with:
1. article 58(a) of the Law regarding the application of adequate and appropriate procedures
in relation to customer identification and customer due diligence, and
2. article 58(e) of the Law regarding the detailed examination of each transaction which by its
nature may be considered to be particularly vulnerable to be associated with money
laundering offenses or terrorist financing, and
The settlement reached with the Company, regarding the possible violations of its regulatory
obligations, amounts to €200.000. The Company already settled the amount of €200.000.
All amounts payable relating to settlement agreements are considered revenue (income) of
the Treasury of the Republic and do not constitute income of CySEC.