Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $234 million to settle a French criminal investigation into whether the Swiss bank helped its clients launder tax fraud proceeds.
The Zurich-based bank said in a statement that it will pay a public interest fine of $64.5 million and the payment of an additional amount of $56.4 million as well as more than $113 million to the French government in damages.