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The lawsuit alleges that Jim Chanos "planned on using his power as general partner to run the company into the ground, enjoy the tax benefits of his financial shenanigans, and leave his partners with nothing."
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The defendants laundered their vast criminal proceeds through at least 75 shell companies, according to the indictment.
November 10 -
Now that two of the biggest U.S. banks are convicted felons, the Justice Department appears to have proven the point it set out to make a year ago -- that it could deliver the harshest penalty possible against financial institutions without inflicting fatal wounds.
May 21
