Manx Radio has reported: The Attorney General and the Deputy Assessor of Income Tax have appeared before magistrates in Douglas this morning. Stephen Harding and Colin Goodwin are
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I’m on the World Service at 5.30 discussing HMRC’s “most wanted list”. One question I was asked during the pre-record session was “what would you
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Last week I was heavily criticised for saying I thought Standard Chartered guilty as charged by New York. I was accused of trial by media;
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Hattips: John M, Zerohedge and unitedpublic

There’s a stunning analysis of the cause of Standard Chartyered’s woes in the FT this morning, by Frank Partnoy, a US professor of law. As he
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There’s much debate this morning on whether US regulators are deliberately targeting UK banks. Much of that debate is jingoistic. John Mann, a Labour MP has said
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This comes from the New York State Department report on Standard Chartered Bank (SCB): SCB intentionally withheld material information from New York and Federal regulators in
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The Deloitte link with Standard Chartered is being little noted, except by Reuters who have reported: Allegations that a banking unit of Standard Chartered Plc schemed
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The Standard Chartered story is everywhere this morning. And I know the case is not proven, but these things don’t go public until regulators are very
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