November 15, 2017
HSBC Bank USA NA on Wednesday scored quick wins in California federal court on all claims in a proposed class action accusing the bank of aiding and abetting a Ponzi scheme by serving as an intermediary bank for wire transfers from the scheme's victims to bank accounts in Hong Kong.
September 26, 2017
HSBC Bank USA NA accused lawyers for Ponzi scheme victims of playing "dirty pool" in an effort to turn the California federal lawsuit into a full-fledged class action, urging the court on Monday to strike some of their evidence, to refuse to certify a class and to dismiss the suit outright.
August 02, 2017
Several Ponzi scheme victims who sued HSBC Bank USA NA for allegedly helping the phony cloud storage company that ripped them off by transferring its money out of the U.S. on Tuesday asked a California federal judge to allow their case against the bank to proceed as a class action.
October 21, 2016
A California federal judge on Friday allowed HSBC Hong Kong to exit a proposed class action in which victims of a Ponzi scheme alleged the bank aided the fraud by holding deposits linked to the scheme, saying the court has no personal jurisdiction over the bank.