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Midweek Roundup: Deloitte Sued by Bank Shareholders, FBI Joins Ukraine’s Investigation of Former Trump Campaign Chief, and More
printEleven minority shareholders of the now-defunct Lebanese Canadian Bank last month filed a lawsuit in Dubai against Deloitte & Touche's Middle Eastern branch and its managing partner, Joseph El Fadl, for allegedly failing to detect suspicious transfers involving Hezbollah, drug traffickers and other blacklisted groups, according to Ya Libnan. More FBI agents and other authorities are assisting Ukraine's investigation of $12.7 million in secret cash payments from pro-Russian politicians in the country to a company allegedly controlled by Donald Trump's former campaign director, Paul Manafort, a U.S. official told Bloomberg. More Ukrainian officials allege that American TV journalist Larry King...
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