Panama Papers: Will Wall Street Get Swept Up in Justice Department’s Investigation?

by Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. and its U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan “have launched a criminal investigation into whether individuals at Mossack Fonseca & Co., the law firm at the center of the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal, knowingly helped its clients launder money or evade taxes…”

That investigation, if conducted thoroughly and without improper interference, could turn up the heat on some powerful Wall Street players.

On May 16 Wall Street On Parade broke the story that the Miami office of Citigroup’s Private Bank at 201 South Biscayne Blvd. was the listed address for dozens of offshore companies whose agent is Mossack Fonseca.

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