Reputations riding on ACCC bank cartel case
Case that’s cost an estimated $20 million is headed for a six-month jury trial, with a lot riding on it, including the reputations of leading public figures.
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Case that’s cost an estimated $20 million is headed for a six-month jury trial, with a lot riding on it, including the reputations of leading public figures.
With the prosecution now on its ninth indictment since 2018 and a six-month jury trial likely to be pushed out to 2021, it is surely time to bury this mess.
The criminal cartel case brought by the ACCC against several huge banks continued as a sophisticated game of snakes and ladders in the Federal Court.
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions dropped charges against ANZ and an executive for their alleged involvement in a criminal cartel case.
Australian prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former local head of Citigroup Inc (C.N) and narrowed their case against the bank and other firms and executives over accusations of collusion on a 2015 share sale, a court heard on Wednesday.