The Toronto-Dominion Bank

On October 10, 2024, news outlets reported that TD had plead guilty to criminal money-laundering-related charges and agreed to pay more than $3 billion in fines to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. News outlets further reported the Comptroller of the Currency imposed an “asset cap” which limits the Company’s growth until it complies with remedial actions specified by regulators. 

On this news, TD’s stock price fell $6.50, or 10.5%, over two consecutive trading days, to close at $57.01 per share on October 11, 2024, thereby injuring investors.

The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) TD’s optimistic claims of updating and fixing the Company’s AML program, alleging a full understanding of the scope of the issue, and further setting aside a significant provision of approximately $3 billion claimed to cover the anticipated monetary impact of the resolutions fell well short of any level of appropriate transparency towards its investors; and (2) as a result, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.