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How incredibly convenient.

• spikels 7y ago
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  • ceejayoz 7y ago
    "Banks are sometimes complicit or looking the other way WRT money laundering" is hardly a conspiracy theory. HSBC: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-probe/hsbc-to-pay-1-9-billion-u-s-fine-in-money-laundering-case-idUSBRE8BA05M20121211 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-probe/hsbc-to-pay-1-... UBS: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/switzerland-s-greatest-hits-a-brief-history-of-swiss-bank-fines https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/switzerla... Unicredit: https://nypost.com/2019/04/15/italian-bank-will-pay-1-3b-fine-for-money-laundering/ https://nypost.com/2019/04/15/italian-bank-will-pay-1-3b-fin... Standard Chartered: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/09/standard-chartered-fined-money-laundering-sanctions-breaches https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/09/standard-ch... ING: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ing-groep-settlement-money-laundering/dutch-bank-ing-fined-900-million-for-failing-to-spot-money-laundering-idUSKCN1LK0PE https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ing-groep-settlement-mone...
  • dang 7y ago
    The GP comment wasn't substantive, but personal attacks will get you banned here, so please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html