Billionaire Mehul Choksi accused the Indian government in a London court Monday of orchestrating his "appalling and traumatic" kidnapping and torture in the Caribbean to force him to return to India to face allegations of involvement in an $1.8 billion bank fraud.
Billionaire Mehul Choksi accused the Indian government in a London court Monday of orchestrating his "appalling and traumatic" kidnapping and torture in the Caribbean to force him to return to India to face allegations of involvement in an $1.8 billion bank fraud.
An appellate tribunal on Monday reduced financial penalties for two former Metro Bank executives, confirming the bank breached listing rules when it published misleading financial statements in 2018 but finding the executives were honest with the tribunal about the £900 million ($1.2 billion) reporting scandal.
A British trader wanted in the U.S. for allegedly defrauding investors as part of a $12 million "pump and dump" scheme told a London judge on Monday that his poor health should prevent his extradition on human rights grounds.
A London judge ruled Monday that Mozambique should be allowed to add the heirs of shipbuilding magnate Iskandar Safa to the government's claim over a bribery scheme as it seeks to enforce a $1.9 billion damages award.
VTB has alleged that JPMorgan owes it more than €17.8 million ($21 million) over the American bank's botched handling of a trading account and failing to pay out for assets it sold after the Russian bank was hit with sanctions, widening the legal dispute between the two companies.
The Bermudan life insurance arm of Credit Suisse challenged court findings Monday that it owes $607 million in damages to the former prime minister of Georgia, saying his losses were due to fraudulent activity by an employee of its banking arm.
Trade bodies representing financial institutions have warned the London Metal Exchange that its long-term proposals for increasing price transparency could risk it unlawfully abusing its dominant position as price data provider.
