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Biggest allegations of white-collar crime in Australian history? - Tuesday's charges against ANZ, Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup could mount to the biggest allegations of a white-collar crime conspiracy in Australian history.
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ANZ criminal cartel charges - ANZ was raising money in 2015 by putting their stocks up for sale, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges the money-raising venture was done in a criminal, collusive manner.
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Deutsche Bank pledged to buy leftover shares - Investment bank Deutsche Bank AG, the 17th biggest in the world, pledged to buy the unsold shares of ANZ.
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Citigroup also guaranteed sale - Citigroup, the fourth biggest bank in the U.S. and considered too big too fail, also pledged to buy the unsold shares of ANZ.
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Federal charges after two year investigation - ANZ's $2.3 billion share-raising initiative is the focus of the federal, criminal cartel charges and the ACCC would only say “These serious charges are the result of an ACCC investigation that has been running for more than two years.”
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Deutsche Bank: Who's been charged - Deutsche Bank's former Australia Chief, Michael Ormaechea and the former head of capital markets, Michael Richardson, have both been charged.
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Citigroup: Who's been charged - The former Australian head of Citigroup, Stephen Roberts, the current Aussie head of capital markets, John McLean and the London head of foreign exchange trading, Itay Tuchman have all been charged.
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ANZ: Who's been charged - ANZ, the bank, faces charges as well as its current treasurer, Rick Moscati.
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Deutsche Bank denies wrongdoing - Though all the banks involved are keeping mum on the case, now before the courts, Deutsche Bank has denied wrongdoing.
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ACCC criminalising normal behaviour: Citibank - Citibank has said in the past that the ACCC investigation is criminalising standard banking practices without notice.
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Commonwealth Bank pays $700 million - Commonwealth Bank paid a $700 million fine on Sunday.
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Anti-money laundering and terrorism financing measures - Once publicly-owned, Commonwealth Bank failed to comply with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing measures, resulting in the fine.
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53,500 suspicious transactions - The bank admitted to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre it was late in reporting 53,500 suspicious transactions and agreed to pay hundreds of millions.
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Largest fine in Australian history - The fine is the largest of its kind in Australian history and one of the biggest in the world.
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Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking - Australia's banking royal commission began in earnest in March of this year.
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Nefarious behaviou - The royal commission has already exposed numerous examples of nefarious behaviour in the banking sector. The commission's final report is due in 2019.
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NAB bribery ring - Staff at the National Australia Bank were allegedly part of a bribery ring in exchange for loans.
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Fake documents - The allegations were heard on the first day of the royal commission, where NAB staff were accused of making fake payslips and Medicare cards for loans in exchange for bribes.
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Incentive program - The royal commission heard that a NAB incentive program to push loans on customers sparked the bribery ring.
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National Australia Bank - NAB’s head of broker partnerships, Anthony Waldron, told the royal commission of the alleged ring and that 20 people had been fired after the bank uncovered the malpractice.
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Westpac and Aussie Home Loans - Four real estate brokers for Aussie Home Loans committed fraud using Westpac's lax rules, the banking royal commission heard.
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Two brokers faked documents - At least two brokers were fired for forging employment slips, the only proof of income required for a home loan by Westpac, the banking commission heard.
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Westpac discovered fraud - All four of the real estate brokers were charged, but only after Westpac brought their behaviour to the attention of Aussie Home Loans.
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AMP Limited admits to misleading government - Financial services and and insurance company, AMP Limited's head of financial advice, Anthony Regan, said he lost count of how many times AMP Limited attempted to mislead government regulator, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic).
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AMP admits profit comes before following rules - During the royal commission, Anthony Regan agreed that AMP's culture puts profits ahead of regulatory compliance.
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Commonwealth Bank charged dead clients - The banking commission heard that Commonwealth Bank has been charging deceased clients for financial advice for more than a decade.
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Multiple financial advisers - Numerous financial advisers were found to have knowingly charged dead clients for financial services.
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Financial advisers work against consumer interest: Asic - The Australian Securities and Investments Commission found financial advisers worked against customer's best interest 75% of the time.
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"Inherent" conflict of interest at major banks - Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Banking Group, Westpac, National Australia Bank and AMP were all found to have "inherent" conflict of interest when providing advice on buying the financial products that they sell.
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Australia's biggest banks and their controversies
Charges have been laid
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ANZ is at the centre of criminal cartel charges, involving $2.3 billion worth of stock, laid by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Former Aussie heads of Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup as well as ANZ and its treasurer have all been charged.
But the past year has been a bad one for Australia's banks in general, as criminal case after controversy envelopes almost every major financial institution.
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