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\nCredit Suisse admitted to the facts in the SEC order, which concluded that the bank \u201cwillfully violated\u201d securities laws, and agreed to hire an independent consultant, according to the regulator.<\/p>\n
Our correspondent Andreas Frank writes:
\nCredit Suisse Group AG agreed to pay $196 million and admitted that it improperly solicited thousands of American clients, ending a U.S. regulatory probe while a broader criminal investigation of tax evasion still looms. \u00a0The settlement today includes almost $82.2 million in disgorgement, $64.3 million in prejudgment interest and a $50 million penalty.<\/p>\n
The bank collected about $82.2 million in fees and amassed as many as 8,500 U.S. client accounts from at least 2002 through 2008, the SEC said in an administrative order today. The accounts held an average total of $5.6 billion in securities assets, the SEC said.<\/p>\n
Credit Suisse has been ensnared in a wider Justice Department probe for the past three years into Americans\u2019 use of off-shore bank accounts to avoid taxes. Eight bankers, including Credit Suisse\u2019s former head of North America offshore banking, were charged in 2011 with conspiring to help American clients evade taxes through secret bank accounts.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Credit Suisse admitted as part of the settlement, its employees for many years failed to comply with these requirements, and the firm took far too long to achieve compliance,\u201d Andrew Ceresney, director of the SEC\u2019s enforcement division, said in the statement. \u201cThe broker-dealer and investment adviser registration provisions are core protections for investors.\u201d
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\nCredit Suisse admitted to the facts in the SEC order, which concluded that the bank \u201cwillfully violated\u201d securities laws, and agreed to hire an independent consultant, according to the regulator.<\/p>\n
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\nIn 2012, Credit Suisse come into the spotlight when Christos Bagios a former banker at UBS AG and Credit Suisse was indicted and pled guilty\u00a0supporting wealthy Americans hide millions of dollars from U.S. tax authorities.
\nIn 2011 Credit Suisse was fined 149 million euros\u00a0to settle allegations against the bank for helping German citizens to evade taxes.
\nIn 2009 Credit Suisse was fined $536m\u00a0\u00a0for money laundering and sanction violations by the DOJ. \u00a0\u00a0SEC Credit Suisse Settlement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Credit](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Credit-Suisse-272x300.jpg\")
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