世界一些最大的银行机构报告说，他们在一个华尔街交易商据称诈骗投资者500亿美元的案子中蒙受巨额损失。英国最大的银行“汇丰控股”星期一宣布，在据称由基金经理人伯纳德·马多夫经手的诈骗案中，该银行可能损失了大约10亿美元。马多夫上星期四在纽约被捕。
在这桩丑闻中，苏格兰皇家银行可能损失6亿美元。其他可能的受害者包括英国的“男人集团”(Man Group)、法国的巴黎银行和日本的野村控股公司。西班牙最大的银行“桑坦德银行”星期天说，其属下的一个投资基金可能损失30亿美元。
美国监管人员说，这可能是美国最大的投资诈骗案之一。这起丑闻可能会进一步加强要求美国加强监管金融体系的呼声。
Some of the world’s biggest banking institutions are reporting huge losses in a Wall Street trader’s alleged 50 billion-dollar scam to defraud investors. Britain’s largest bank, HSBC Holdings, announced today (Monday) that it could lose around one billion dollars in the scheme allegedly run by money manager Bernard Madoff, who was arrested Thursday in New York.
The Royal Bank of Scotland could see 600 million dollars evaporate in the scandal. Other potential victims include Britain’s Man Group, France’s BNP Paribas and Japan’s Nomura Holdings. Spain’s largest bank, Santander, said Sunday that one of its investment fund subsidiaries could lose three billion dollars.
U.S. regulators say the investment scheme is one of the nation’s largest. The scandal could fuel calls for better regulation of the country’s financial system.