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Re:Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking System by bigbugbag on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:38AM (#14130005)
Do you really ? AFAIK no one went to prison, those banks still exist today and still operate in the same way.

In the best case scenario they are given a fine that's a fraction of the profit they made doing this. So the incentive is to keep at it unfazed and pay fines.

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Re:Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking System by bogomipz on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:29AM (#14130719)
Indeed and not only are these banks all still around and nobody has gone to jail but these U.S banks are actively lobbying Congress for an easing of the existing anti-money laundering regulations:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-moneylaundering-...

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