|
|
Article: Bank of America is Parmalat's latest target
- Article from:
- International Herald Tribune
- Article date:
- October 8, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Eric Sylvers
International Herald Tribune
10-08-2004
Parmalat sued Bank of America on Thursday, seeking damages of $10 billion, saying the U.S. bank deliberately misled investors about the true state of Parmalat's finances. In an 89-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Parmalat accused Bank of America, the third-largest U.S. bank, of fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and diversion of corporate assets, among other things. In response, the bank released a statement saying: ''The theory that Bank of America knew of Parmalat's fraud and yet continued to lend the company hundreds of millions of dollars defies logic and ...