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Ethics & accountability · Owning failure

You approved onboarding a counterparty whose beneficial ownership you didn't fully verify because the deal was time-sensitive, and months later it surfaces in a sanctions-adjacent context. You own that KYC sign-off. What do you do?

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You approved onboarding a counterparty whose beneficial ownership you didn't fully verify because the deal was time-sensitive, and months later it surfaces in a sanctions-adjacent context. You own that KYC sign-off. What do you do?

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