Barclays will not face criminal charges over allegations that one of its traders defrauded Hewlett-Packard Co., signaling a new U.S. approach that results in lesser penalties for institutions that report securities fraud themselves.
Barclays and the U.S. Justice Department, engaged in a legal battle over the suspected fraudulent sale of mortgage securities a decade ago, have revived discussions about reaching an out-of-court settlement, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
The U.S. Department of Justice and Citigroup said on Monday that they have settled a criminal investigation into violations of anti-money laundering rules and the Bank Secrecy Act at the bank's Banamex USA unit.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating UK banking giant Barclays and the US Postal Service over an alleged attempt to unmask a whistleblower, The New York Post has learned.
A U.S. Justice Department probe into a phony accounts scandal at Wells Fargo & Co is asking whether executives hid details from the company board and regulators as the problem grew over years, sources familiar with the review said.
Moody’s Corp. agreed to pay almost $864 million to resolve a multiyear U.S. investigation into credit ratings on subprime mortgage securities, helping to clear the way for the firm to move beyond its crisis-era litigation.
Deutsche Bank has made “good progress” in talks with the U.S. Justice Department to settle an investigation into its subprime-era mortgage securities business, according to management board member Christian Sewing.
The financial sector seems to have struggled this quarter, bank analyst Paul Miller told CNBC on Wednesday, two days before Wells Fargo , Citigroup and JPMorgan report earnings.
Fourteen senators are calling on the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation of Wells Fargo executives after revelations that bank employees opened millions of fake banks and credit card accounts.
JPMorgan said U.S. and U.K. authorities ended probes into its activities involving Libor and other benchmark rates without issuing fines, allowing the bank to escape the scandal lightly compared to other firms.