Monday, August 6, 2012

Top Firm allegedly helped Iran conceal $250 billion




According to Ben Rooney British banking giant Standard Chartered allegedly helped Iran avoid sanctions by concealing $250 billion worth of transactions over nearly ten years, according to banking regulators in New York.

The New York State Department of Financial Services accused the London-based banking group Monday with concealing 60,000 transactions with Iranian clients, including the Central Bank of Iran, from 2001 to 2010.

Standard Chartered shares listed on the London Stock Exchange ended the day higher as the news from New York broke after the markets were closed in Europe. But thinly traded shares of Standard Chartered (SCBFF) listed on U.S. over-the-counter exchanges fell more than 10% on high volume….

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