Corporate Crime Blotter
| Dec 30: Florida circuit court finds in "civil contempt" for bank president's failure to appear at hearing |
| Dec 26: paid $48.8 million in 2010 for not reporting stuck gas pedals, now paying $17.4 million for same thing in 2012 |
| Dec 20: bank fined $1.5 BILLION, two charged for "pervasive" & "epic" interest-rate manipulation on 100s of TRILLIONS of $ |
| Dec 16: New evidence at Feb. 2013 trial will show that hid the size of the 2010 Gulf oil disaster from government & public |
| Dec 14: Low-level operative is only one to spend time in jail for impersonating boardmembers, journalists in spying scandal |
| Dec 11: Latest / biggest case: U.S. fines UK's bank more than $2 billion — but files no criminal charges |
| Dec 11: bank pays $327 million for hiding IDs of money-launderers w/ "approval of senior corporate managers" |
| Nov 28: EPA temporarily bans from government contracts for "lack of business integrity" in Gulf oil drilling deaths & spill |
| Nov 26: UK banking regulator gives Swiss bank a $50-million "slap on wrist" for culture that led to $2.3 BILLON loss |
| Nov 25: Federal appeals court allows California transportation worker to sue for six-year exposure to toxic pesticide |
