CySEC fines Commerzbank for market manipulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has fined German Commerzbank €650,000 for market manipulation in connection with the now defunct Laiki Bank’s (CPB) activities and...
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Cyprus collects €5m in legal expenses from Marfin win
The Republic has collected the €5m recently awarded to it for legal expenses in a case it won against a Greek investment firm at the...
Zolotas in Cyprus, due in court Friday
Greek national Michalis Zolotas, who for months had eluded Cypriot authorities, was taken into custody on Thursday. The businessman arrived on the island after Greece’s...
Central bank request by Russian investor for Laiki’s Serbian unit pending
(Adds more comment from Kim’s spokesperson in sixth paragraph) By Stelios Orphanides Expobank Cz A.S., the Czech lender owned by the Russian national Igor Vladimirovich...
Vgenopoulos indicted in Greece
Criminal charges were filed against Greek financier and former Laiki Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos on Thursday by prosecutors in Greece, over the lending of up...
Greek judge referred to disciplinary council in Vgenopoulos case
A Greek judge has been referred to the disciplinary council over her handling of a case involving former Laiki strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos, widely held responsible...
Interpol warrants issued for Bouloutas and Foros
Cypriot police have issued international arrest warrants for Efthymios Bouloutas and Markos Foros, two former bankers with now-defunct Laiki Bank, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou revealed...
Laiki suspects fail to turn themselves in to Greek authorities
Two former Greek bankers have failed to turn themselves in to Greek authorities in order that they be extradited to Cyprus where they face charges...
Vgenopoulos tries to turn the tables
In another move aimed to foil his questioning in Cyprus, Greek banker Andreas Vgenopoulos has reportedly asked Greek judicial authorities instead to investigate allegations of...
HSBC officials have given statements to Cypriot investigators in Laiki probe
By Angelos Anastasiou British banking behemoth HSBC representatives have given statements to two Cypriot investigators in London regarding the 2006 sale of the bank’s stake...
Investigators probing lead into possible Vgenopoulos-Focus link – reports
By Angelos Anastasiou Investigators may have managed to link Greek financier and former head of failed Marfin-Laiki Bank Andreas Vgenopoulos with the offshore company Focus...
Court freezes Vgenopoulos’ assets
By George Psyllides THE Nicosia district court has frozen assets worth around €5.3 billion belonging to former Laiki Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos and two other...
Vgenopoulos: a monstrous lie
By Angelos Anastasiou Failed Laiki Bank’s former strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos has lashed out at Tuesday’s claims by members of the House Ethics committee that loans...
MPs look into Marfin Egnatia merger
By Elias Hazou THE Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) never authorised the merger of Greek lender Marfin Egnatia with now defunct Laiki Bank, lawmakers heard...
