The following has been reported on Reuters 20 may 2014 – 1. Credit Suisse has agreed to pay a $2.5 billion (1.4 billion pounds) fine to authorities in the United States for helping Americans evade taxes after becoming the largest bank in 20 years to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge. 2. The bank’s […]
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his department is readying criminal cases against banks that show financial institutions aren’t too big to prosecute. Holder, in a video message posted today on the department’s website, said improved coordination with regulators is creating a relationship that “will prove key in the coming weeks and months” as prosecutors […]
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