Posted On: 07/20/2016 4:18:38 PM
Post# of 72448

Looks like another show trial with relatively small fines in the offing, from NY Times bulletin email:
Quote:
HSBC Bankers Face Charges in $3.4 Billion Currency Case
By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
Federal prosecutors have charged two HSBC bankers with fraud in connection with a $3.4 billion foreign exchange transaction in 2011. Mark Johnson, the global head of HSBC’s foreign exchange cash trading desk, and Stuart Scott, the former head of the bank’s Europe desk, were charged with wire fraud conspiracy.

