Published November 30, 2015
A New York prosecutor says JPMorgan Chase & Co. looked out for itself when it suspected something was wrong with Bernard Madoff's accounts but otherwise ignored alarm bells.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara commented Tuesday as he revealed a deal with JPMorgan. He says the nation's largest bank will forfeit $1.7 billion to settle a criminal case for failing to blow the whistle on the fraud that cheated investors of nearly $20 billion.
The bank will pay more than $2.5 billion when a $350 million Treasury Department penalty and nearly $550 million to settle lawsuits by investors is added.
The prosecutor says JPMorgan withdrew about $300 million from its own Madoff accounts but failed to notify U.S. regulators of its suspicions. The bank says it will do better in the future.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/jpmorgan-chase-to-pay-steep-price-for-not-reporting-madoff-fraud-suspicions-2-5-billion