US AG faces corruption scandal involving Credit Suisse
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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