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Enron usou Banco Mundial para evitar impostos

29-7-2003 13:50



Uma investigação do Senado norte-americano chegou à conclusão que a Enron usou fundos do Banco Mundial e do Governo dos Estados Unidos da América para efectuar pagamentos «questionáveis» de 17 milhões de dólares a um empresário da Guatemala que ajudou à aprovação de uma fábrica na América Central.
Esse pagamentos foram escondidos entre 1992 e 1995, ajudando a reduzir os impostos a pagar na Guatemala e nos Estaod Unidos.

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multas e não passa disso, mas não deveria ser considerado crime?
Essas multas já devem ter dono, pois está claro, próxima campanha de Bush com mais alguns milhões
Confiar em quem? Temo que estas situações que continuam impunes, possam contagiar outras formas no futuro, afinal um "Gordo" é sempre um "Gordo"

Enron: SEC chega a acordo com Citigroup e JP Morgan


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Enron: SEC chega a acordo com Citigroup e JP Morgan

28-7-2003 18:5



A comissão dos mercados de valores mobiliários norte-americana (SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission) chegou a acordo com o Citigroup e o JP Morgan, em relação à Enron.
Os dois bancos são acusados de terem ajudado a a falida empresa de energia a ocultar empréstimos. De acordo com o Wall Street Journal, o JP Morgan vai pagar 135 milhões de dólares em coimas e o Citigroup 120 milhões de dólares.

As acções do JP Morgan estão a valorizar 0,37 por cento para 35,60 dólares e as do Citigroup 0,2 por cento para 45,82 dólares em Nova Iorque.

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Feds, Big Banks Reach Enron Settlement
Monday July 28, 1:37 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. would pay $135 million and $120 million, respectively, to resolve an investigation into charges that the banks helped bankrupt Enron Corp. mislead investors by disguising loans as revenue.
The settlement will allow the two banks to avoid prosecution but will force them to alter some business practices. The banks neither admitted nor denied the SEC's findings.

As part of the settlement, the two banks also agreed with Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to pay $12.5 million each to New York City and New York state.

The agreement settles SEC charges that both banks aided Enron in misleading investors by dressing up loans as operating activity. J.P. Morgan's practice of setting up circular energy trades for Enron, with
the net effect of a loan, was well-documented in a court case between J.P. Morgan and its insurers last year.

As part of the agreement, Citigroup also settled SEC charges that it helped another energy merchant, Dynegy Inc., manipulate financial statements.

Under the whole agreement, $19 million of the settlement money will go to fraud victims of Dynegy, while $236 million will go to Enron victims.

The banks also agreed with the Federal Reserve to strengthen risk management practices, the Fed said.

"We have made mistakes. We cannot undo what has been done," J.P. Morgan said in a letter to Morgenthau. "But we can express genuine regret and learn from the past."

The bank went on to say that it had adopted new policies and procedures to ensure that transactions in which it participates are disclosed appropriately by clients.

Citigroup followed suit.

"I want to assure you, both personally and on behalf of Citigroup, that the Enron transactions do not reflect our current standards and they would not happen now -- and will not happen in the future -- at Citigroup," wrote Charles Prince, the head of its investment bank, who is set to take over as Citigroup chief executive by next year.