UK to probe British banks' 'role' in money laundering case
MPs raise questions after reports say HSBC, RBS, Coutts, StanChart and others were named in "Laundromat" scam
London
BRITAIN said the authorities would investigate newspaper allegations that UK-based banks had been used in a global money laundering scheme.
A Reuters report published earlier this month shone light on a Moldovan "Laundromat" probe into an alleged Russian-led money laundering scheme, in which US$22.3 billion passed through Moldova using Russian shell companies and fictitious loans from offshore companies based in Britain in 2011-2014.
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