Credit Suisse Group has denied allegations regarding its alleged business practices or lack of due diligence after leaked documents reportedly showed that the bank had catered to dozens of criminals, dictators, and sanctioned political actors. The latest allegations center around allegedly leaked records identifying more than 18,000 accounts belonging to foreign customers who allegedly stashed their money at the Switzerland-based firm. The left-wing German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung claimed to have received the data—which ranged from the 1940s until the 2010s—from a whistleblower more than a year ago. It doesn’t cover the bank’s current operations. Sueddeutsche Zeitung then shared the data with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and 46 other media organizations around the world, including The New York Times and The Guardian. Combined, their accounts held more than $100 billion, according to The Guardian. The Epoch Times hasn’t independently verified the authenticity of the documents. Credit Suisse said in a Feb. 20 statement that it “strongly rejects the …
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