Standard Chartered slapped with $2.7bn lawsuit over fraud scandal Banking Standard Chartered has been hit with a $2.7bn lawsuit over its alleged role in one of the world’s largest financial fraud cases, known as the 1MBD scandal. The London-headquartered lender is being accused of helping move and hide billions of dollars that were stolen from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, by not sufficiently checking to see where [...]
Sarkozy: Former French president on trial over alleged Gaddafi financing Politics Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial today over allegations he received funding from the late Libyan dictator
