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US bank faces allegations over Brazil

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo

Published: August 28 2009 21:06 | Last updated: August 29 2009 00:03

The US Department of Justice has alleged that an employee of Brown Brothers Harriman, a US private bank, helped Brazilian clients avoid measures to detect money laundering and conceal the proceeds of crimes including fraud and tax evasion.

The DoJ made the allegation in an application to freeze about $450m in an account held at BBH in New York in the name of Tiger Eye Investments Limited, a company registered in the Cayman Islands.

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