Doha, December 07 (QNA) - The QFC Regulatory Authority announced that it had taken disciplinary action against a former Director of Horizon Crescent Wealth LLC (HCW) for misconduct and imposed a financial penalty of QAR 548,121 ($150,000) and an indefinite prohibition from carrying out any function for firms in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).

In 2019, the Regulatory Authority took disciplinary action against HCW. HCW was a designated non-financial business or profession (DNFBP), and it was therefore subject to the Anti Money Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing Rules 2010 (AML/CFTR). HCW was licensed to undertake the permitted, non-regulated activity of "Administration of Trusts. The Regulatory Authority fined HCW QAR 30,000,000 for serious legal and regulatory breaches of the AML/CFTR, QFC Law No. 7 of 2005 and the Financial Services Regulations.

Sharratt was a director and a member of senior management of HCW. The financial penalty and prohibition imposed on Sharratt followed the completion of an investigation, which found that Sharratt contravened the following Relevant Requirements during the period from 1 January 2016 to 30 August 2017.

The actions taken by the Regulatory Authority against Sharratt, as a member of HCWs senior management emphasizes the standards required of a licensed firm and its senior management to ensure effective compliance with Regulatory Authority rules, including those rules required to ensure that firms have effective systems and controls in place to combat illicit finance. (QNA)