On September 4, 2018 the National Office for Serious Fraud, Environmental Crime and Asset Confiscation issued a statement of facts and conclusions from the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS), which found ING Bank in breach of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act (the AML/CTF Act). The NPPS concluded that a settlement was more efficient than court proceedings and ordered ING to pay a total of €775m to the state.