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Credit Suisse to Pay Investors US$22.6M in Mozambican Bonds Bribery Case

Credit Suisse to Pay Investors US$22.6M in Mozambican Bonds Bribery Case

Credit Suisse Group AG’s European subsidiary that pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud investors in Mozambican bonds has agreed it owes them $22.6 million in restitution.

Prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge William Kuntz late Tuesday to order the subsidiary to pay restitution to 18 investors in Mozambican bonds Credit Suisse underwrote. Much of the bond proceeds were diverted via kickbacks to Credit Suisse bankers and Mozambique officials, prosecutors have said.

The subsidiary, Credit Suisse Securities Europe, agreed to the amount, according to the filing. It pleaded guilty to conspiracy last year as part of a $475 million settlement with American and British authorities.

A Credit Suisse spokesperson declined to comment on Wednesday.

Kuntz will consider the request at the subsidiary’s sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday in Brooklyn.

The charges stem from nearly $1 billion in bond offerings and a syndicated loan Credit Suisse helped to arrange between 2013 to 2016 to finance a tuna fishing industry project in Mozambique.

Also read: Fitch places Mozambique UCO on final sovereign rating criteria

In October, Credit Suisse entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, in which it accepted responsibility for defrauding bondholders about where the money went.

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As part of the deal, Credit Suisse agreed to pay restitution to harmed investors in the 2016 bonds.

Court filings listed the proposed payouts to institutional investors, including nearly $5 million to New York-based hedge fund NWI Management and $4.3 million to asset manager AllianceBernstein. The case is United States v. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd, No. 1:21-cr-00520, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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