今天的單元, 也是 Banking Crisis 的最後一集, 讓我們來了解一下Credit Suisse 的醜聞跟他們帶給這個瑞士第二大銀行的影響。同時這單元也會涵蓋所需的字彙。

Credit Suisse - The Scandals

Basica vocabulary

• Tax evasion
  • 逃稅（tax evasion) 是通過非法方式減輕或逃脫稅負的手段
• Money laundering
  • 洗錢，洗黑錢
• Fraudulent activities
  • 犯罪的, 欺騙的
• Racketeering
  • 勒索；詐騙；敲詐
  • Dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
• Allegation
  • 指控
  • A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof
• Corporate espionage
  • 公司間諜活動，間諜行爲
  • Involves the theft of a company's valuable data and information
• contravene
  • 違反，違犯
  • Offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct).
• breach
  • 違反
  • security breach 安全漏洞. 安全缺口

重要醜聞

Spygate 2019

Corporate espionage

Chief Executive - Tidjane Thiam vs. Head of International Wealth Management, Iqbal Khan

They started to fall out (發生爭吵)

• Iqbal Khan bought a house directly next to Tidjane Thiam in the gold coast of Zurich.