FBI nimmt in New York 48 Devisenhändler fest - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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New York (Reuters) - Die US-Bundespolizei FBI hat am Dienstag in New York 48 Devisenhändler festgenommen. Die verdeckte Operation galt offenbar mehreren in der Branche gut bekannten Finanzunternehmen.


Das FBI machte keine Angaben zu dem Einsatz, kündigte aber eine Pressekonferenz für den Mittwoch an. Einer der an dem Einsatz beteiligten Beamten sagte, die Händler würden des Betrug im Devisen- und Wertpapierhandel verdächtigt und die entsprechenden Untersuchungen liefen bereits seit langem. In FBI-Kreisen hieß es, die Händler hätten Kleinkunden im vergangenen Jahr um eine nicht genannte Summe betrogen. Die Vorwürfe lauteten auf Geldwäsche und Betrug. Der Fernsehsender NBC berichtete, die Händler hätten ihren Kunden die Beteiligung an Währungsgeschäften vorgegaukelt, an denen diese Art von Kunden gar nicht teilnehmen könnten.


Rund zwei Stunden lang führte das FBI die Devisenhändler aus dem Finanzzentrum Two World Financial Center in Manhattan vor laufenden TV-Kameras und Pressefotografen ab und brachte sie mit Polizeitransportern weg. Einige der in elegante Anzüge gekleideten Männer versuchten ihr Gesicht hinter ihren Mänteln zu verstecken oder senkten die Köpfe. Auch in einem anderen Bürogebäude seien drei Broker abgeführt worden, hieß es in FBI-Kreisen. Zu den betroffenen Unternehmen hieß es, die Ermittlungen richteten sich gegen vier Finanzhäuser, die vor allem an den Finanzmärkten und weniger außerhalb der Branche bekannt seien.


Die US-Finanzmärkte werden seit den Bilanzskandalen großer US-Unternehmen wie Enron von einem Skandal nach dem anderen erschüttert. Zuletzt hat die Staatsanwaltschaft die Fondsbranche wegen des Missbrauchs bestimmter Handelspraktiken ins Visier genommen. Der Devisenhandel war jedoch bislang von Vorwürfen verschont geblieben.

[Deaton]

hab ich auch gelesen, aber aus welchen häusern kamen die?

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1. Madison Deane
2. ICAP

plus zwei weitere "well known" companies....

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Reuters
FBI Sting Nets 48 Wall Street Arrests
Tuesday November 18, 10:29 pm ET
By Hugh Bronstein and Greg Cresci


NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI agents on Tuesday arrested about 48 Wall Street foreign exchange professionals in a sting targeting several top firms thought to have defrauded small retail investors of millions of dollars.


Federal Bureau of Investigation officers swarmed on 2 World Financial Center late on Tuesday afternoon and led out men in business suits, taking them away in vans and cars. Some of the men covered their heads with overcoats while others bowed their heads to hide from television cameras and photographers.

"It`s currency fraud, securities fraud," said one agent at the scene of the arrests. "It`s been a long investigation. The arrests have been ongoing today."

A Madison Deane and Associates Inc. employee, who asked not to be named, said the FBI arrested seven people at his firm, which offers currency broker services.

"We were just sitting there working, and they (FBI) just came in and stormed the place," the man said, adding that the FBI agents took out three partners, three vice presidents and one broker all in handcuffs at about 5:30 p.m.

"They had guns. They came in with vests and said `Nobody move,"` the employee told Reuters.

The worker said the FBI told Madison Deane employees that $4 million had been stolen from clients and that money had been taken out of people`s Individual Retirement Accounts.

At about 9:30 p.m., a Reuters reporter saw a group of FBI agents carrying about 20 boxes labeled "Madison Deane" from 2 World Financial Center, where the firm has offices on the 36th floor.

Madison Deane officials could not be reached for comment.

FBI agents began arresting brokers at the swank office building in downtown Manhattan shortly after 3 p.m. and for about two hours led out handcuffed people dressed in business attire. FBI sources said the Wall Street traders will be charged with money laundering and fraud for swindling retail investors out of an undisclosed amount of cash over the past year.

Among other arrested in the massive sting were three brokers at the inter-dealer brokerage ICAP (London:IAP.L - News), which operates at a different location, according to another source.

NBC television reported the defendants scammed retail investors into thinking they were buying multimillion-dollar foreign exchange trades when it is not possible for those types of investors to participate in such deals.

A spokesman for the FBI declined comment but said the agency will hold a briefing on Wednesday. Spokespeople for the U.S. Attorney`s office and the Treasury Department declined comment.

The unexpected operation came at a time when America`s financial markets have been hit by scandal after scandal. Corporate wrongdoing by companies like Enron Corp., which went bankrupt in 2001, sparked a massive accounting scandal and led to the demise of one of the world`s largest accounting firms, Arthur Andersen. The scandal rocked investor confidence and unearthed irregularities at other companies.

Since then Wall Street equity research companies have been targeted by prosecutors for inflating stocks during the Internet boom of the late 1990s. More recently the mutual fund industry has been investigated on charges of improper trading.

Until Tuesday the $1.2-trillion-a-day foreign exchange market, whose primary clients include top companies, millionaires and banks, has remained relatively untainted by scandal.

The names of other companies involved remained unclear, but sources told Reuters that about four companies were targeted. Sources said none of the companies targeted are household names outside of the securities industry but are well known and regarded in the Wall Street community.

[Deaton]

danke schön, vielen dank.
dachte schon die brüder goldman sachs oder merrill lynch

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#4

vielleicht, oder? Denn zwei Namen stehen ja noch aus.

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