US bank executives 'subpoenaed' 美洲银行主管被“传唤”

时间：2009-09-17 05:59:14

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Five current and former directors of Bank of America have been subpoenaed1 by the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, according to sources.

有消息显示，美洲银行的5位当前的和以前的主管被纽约检察长Andrew Cuomo传唤。

It is a year since Bank of America came to Merrill Lynch
It is a year since Bank of America came to Merrill Lynch's rescue

They are likely to be asked how much they knew of Merrill Lynch's problems and bonuses when they agreed to buy it.

Bank of America saved Merrill Lynch from collapse2 a year ago.

Earlier this week, a US federal judge ruled the bank would have to go to trial to settle allegations it misled shareholders3 about bonus payments.

District Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the $33m (£20m) settlement between Bank of America and its regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bail-out funds

Merrill executives were paid $3.6bn before the deal was closed, despite the bank's $27.6bn losses for 2008.

Bank of America has neither admitted nor denied the allegations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

It was one of the biggest recipients4 of bail-out funds from the US taxpayer5 in 2008, needing capital injections at the height of the financial crisis.

It has been reported that Mr Cuomo's office is planning to file charges against executives at Bank of America for withholding6 information from shareholders.


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1 subpoenaed 7df57bf8261ef9fe32d1817194f87243     
v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. 法庭传唤她出庭作证。
  • The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution. 财务经理被检查机关传讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 shareholders 7d3b0484233cf39bc3f4e3ebf97e69fe     
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
4 recipients 972af69bf73f8ad23a446a346a6f0fff     
adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器
参考例句：
  • The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 taxpayer ig5zjJ     
n.纳税人
参考例句：
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
6 withholding 7eXzD6     
扣缴税款
参考例句：
  • She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
  • The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。

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