Re:Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking System
by bogomipz on Sunday April 16, 2017 @09:33PM
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No the U.S does not, paying a fine is not the same as criminal prosecution. Nobody in any of those links I provided went to jail. A slap on the wrist fine is not prosecution at all, it is simply the "cost of doing business."
And in the case of HSBC the decision was made to not to pursue the case, and it had nothing to do with jurisdiction.
And in the case of HSBC the decision was made to not to pursue the case, and it had nothing to do with jurisdiction.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/07/15/hsbc-j15.html