US AG faces corruption scandal involving Credit Suisse

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Highlights

  • BVI-domiciled Bassington, Ltd. alleged to be at center of massive money laundering scheme
  • Scheme "masterminded" by former Ukraine Prime Ministers Pavlo Lazarenko and Yulia Tymoshenko
  • Individual defendants are Philip Glanfield, Pamela Le Cheminant, and Julia Church, all of Credit Suisse (Guernsey)
  • Offshore providers Primary Management, Ltd. (Bahamas) and Mossack Fonseca (BVI) also named in complaints
  • At least $2.6 m in bribes allegedly went into accounts at Barclays Bank (Cayman Islands)

Published July 16, 2012

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