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TOWARDS the end of 2019, something unusual happened at a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar was allowed to present a ‘non-agenda item’; he had with him a sealed envelope that he said contained a non-disclosure agreement. It pertained to a multi-million pound settlement that the UK-based National Crime Agency (NCA) had recently arrived at with property tycoon Malik Riaz. According to a source present at the meeting, “[Human Rights Minister] Shireen Mazari objected, saying, ‘What approval are we giving when we don’t even know its contents?’ We were told that if it is opened there are implications for national security and the UK government also has reservations”. ....
Malik Riaz & the art of the deal - Pakistan dawn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Citigroup Help With Insider-Trading Case Detailed in Appeal This content was published on December 23, 2020 - 13:47 December 23, 2020 - 13:47 (Bloomberg) Among the 10,000 emails and other pieces of information that Citigroup Inc. provided to U.K. prosecutors was an item that a pair of convicted insider traders apparently thought was crucial: Two investment bankers co-owned an apartment in the Swiss Alps in Verbier. The link between the two bankers was to form the crux of an ultimately unsuccessful attempt by a former compliance officer at UBS Group AG and a day trader to overturn their high-profile convictions. The appeal cast some light on “some of the murkier aspects” of insider trading, the judges said. ....
Citigroup Cooperation With Regulator Detailed in Trading Case swissinfo.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swissinfo.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.