Julius Baer pays $80M in FIFA corruption settlement
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-05-27T22:26:00
Swiss bank Julius Baer entered a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay $80 million for its role in a money laundering conspiracy linked to world soccer federation FIFA, the Department of Justice announced.
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