Credit Suisse faces FINMA enforcement in corporate espionage case
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-09-03T17:48:00
Credit Suisse is learning the hard way that spying on former colleagues is frowned upon, following announcement of an enforcement proceeding against the Zurich-based bank by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.
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