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http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/11/29/companies/citigroup/
Citigroup 'admits lapses'
Report: Bank concedes mistakes in possible $750M Russian
deposits
November 29, 2000: 4:39 a.m. ET
LONDON (CNNfn) - Citigroup Inc. has acknowledged failures
in its practices and procedures that allowed $750 million in possibly criminal Russian
money to flow through accounts it managed, according to a published report Wednesday.
Losses at the firm's Citibanking unit have come to light following an in-depth probe into
some $7 billion of money from Russia of dubious origin that entered the United States
through Bank of New York Co., according to the Wall Street Journal Wednesday.
The newspaper said the practices occurred at a single Citibank banch in New York, and are
revealed in a letter prepared this week by Citigroup for the General Accounting Office.
According to the letter, a copy of which was seen by the newspaper, some of the Citibank
transfers are similar in style to those under investigation at the Bank of New York. The
accounts in question were connected to businessman Irakly Kaveladze, who denied any
wrongdoing.