Bank Hapoalim to drop charges against former officers.

Global Banking News-January 28, 2022--Bank Hapoalim to drop charges against former officers

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Global Banking News - 28 January 2022

Israel-based Bank Hapoalim (POLI.TA) has announced that it has reached an agreement with former officials, which will see the firm dropping charges against them, Reuters has reported.

The firm has announced that the deal, worth about USD140m, was reached with the insurers of the bank's former directors and officers involved in an alleged multi-billion dollar US tax evasion scandal. The settlement is said to ensure that the bank will not press charges against the officials.

In 2020, the bank had paid out USD900m in penalties after pleading guilty to helping US taxpayers evade taxes. Clients allegedly used the bank's facilities in Swiss and Israeli accounts...

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