NatWest to pay $35M for defrauding U.S. Treasury markets
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-12-22T17:51:00
NatWest Markets, the investment banking arm of London-based NatWest Group, agreed to pay approximately $35 million after pleading guilty to engaging in various fraud schemes over the span of a decade in U.S. Treasury markets.
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