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Article: Lawmakers criticize Justice Department in probe of French bank
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- October 10, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
Democratic and Republican lawmakers criticized the Justice Department
Thursday for failing to prosecute a French bank for its secret purchase
of a California-based life insurance company a decade ago.
Lawmakers speaking at a hearing of the House Government Reform Committee
also urged the Justice Department not to negotiate a lenient settlement
with Credit Lyonnais, which California officials allege defrauded
300,000 insurance policyholders of the Executive Life Insurance Co.
Although federal prosecutors in Los Angeles recommended indictments
against Credit Lyonnais in April 2001, Justice officials apparently
are in negotiations with the bank for a ...