$1.9Bthe amount UK-based banking conglomerate HSBC will pay American authorities for their role in a money-laundering scheme, the BBC reports. The bank allegedly assisted drug cartels and countries under sanction launder money. $1.25 billion of the total is money that the company will forfeit — a record — while the rest will be a fine paid to the U.S. government. source
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