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HSBC Swiss Unit Charged in Lebanese Embezzlement Investigation

French financial prosecutors have filed criminal charges against HSBC’s Swiss private banking subsidiary over allegations it failed to prevent the laundering of more than $300 million linked to the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank.
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