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Julian Englis

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Thu Jan 3, 2019, 10:19 PM Jan 2019

Ex-Credit Suisse bankers charged over $2bn Mozambique loan scandal

Source: Financial TImes

Three former Credit Suisse bankers were charged by US prosecutors alongside Mozambique’s former finance minister over alleged fraud connected to the southern African nation’s $2bn hidden loans scandal.

A spokesperson for the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of New York said that three former employees of the Swiss investment bank were arrested in London earlier on Thursday and their extradition was being sought over alleged money laundering and defrauding of US investors in the loans.

The trio — Andrew Pearse, Surjan Singh and Detelina Subeva — were arrested pursuant to provisional arrest warrants and released on bail, the spokesperson said.

The charges stem from a 2013 deal for Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest countries, to borrow from international investors ostensibly to fund maritime projects, including a state tuna fishery, ahead of investments in offshore gas.


Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/9ecf86f4-0fb2-11e9-a3aa-118c761d2745

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Ex-Credit Suisse bankers charged over $2bn Mozambique loan scandal (Original Post) Julian Englis Jan 2019 OP
YEAH BABY - one by one, the mobsters go down Leghorn21 Jan 2019 #1
Link to BBC nitpicker Jan 2019 #2
"Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries" Merlot Jan 2019 #3
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