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Singapore closes Falcon bank over Malaysian 1MDB scam
short by Parichit Mainra / on Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
Singapore's central bank on Tuesday ordered the Swiss 'Falcon bank' to shut down for alleged involvement in money laundering activities linked to a corruption scandal involving Malaysian state-owned investment fund 1MDB. The central bank also fined Swiss financial services company UBS and Singaporean bank DBS for similar violations. Recently, another Swiss bank BSI was shut down in Singapore.
read more at The Guardian