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Former Meinl Bank CEO faces US charges in Odebrecht bribe case

By Richard Vanderford ( May 25, 2021, 22:50 GMT | Insight) -- Two former leaders of Anglo Austrian Bank, an institution formerly called Meinl Bank, have been charged in the US over their alleged role in laundering bribe money for Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht. The two men, Peter Weinzierl and Alexander Waldstein, are accused of involvement in Odebrecht's creation of an off-the-books slush fund used to bribe high-level officials. Weinzierl was arrested in the UK while Waldstein remains at large.Two former leaders of Anglo Austrian Bank, an institution formerly called Meinl Bank, have been charged in the US over their alleged role in laundering bribe money for Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht....

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