Liverpool main sponsors Standard Chartered have been accused in the United States of carrying out billions of dollars of transactions for funders of terrorist groups.
The claims form the basis of a court filing in New York by a former Standard Chartered bank executive which alleges the bank conducted more than $100billion worth of transactions between 2008 and 2013 in breach of sanctions against Iran.
That is far in excess of the total Standard Chartered had admitted to when escaping prosecution and settling a criminal case into money laundering in 2012. They also admitted a further breach in a separate case in 2019, leading the bank to pay a combined total of more than $1.7bn in fines to US and UK authorities.
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Two whistleblowers - including Julian Knight, who headed a Standard Chartered transaction services unit from 2009 to 2011 - handed confidential bank spreadsheets to US authorities in 2012 and 2013. But the initial investigation found no improper transactions after 2007 before additional breaches were discovered in the period between 2007 and 2011.
And in the latest court filing last Friday, an independent expert has analysed the spreadsheets and claims to have found a further half-a-million transactions that were hidden, and has identified $9.6bn worth he alleges are with individuals and companies designated by the US government as funding “terror groups". Despite having twice previously accepted a breach of sanctions, Standard Chartered has never admitted to conducting transactions for "terrorist" organisations.
The new court filing from Knight has asked a US federal court in New York to reinstate his claim against the bank while claiming the US authorities either overlooked or concealed evidence that supports his allegations.
In a statement made to the BBC, Standard Chartered said it disputes the whistleblowers’ claims and that their previous allegations had been “thoroughly discredited" by US authorities. And in response to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Standard Chartered spokesperson said Knight’s filing was “another attempt to use fabricated claims against the bank, following previous unsuccessful attempts".
Standard Chartered have been Liverpool's main shirt sponsor since 2010 with the latest deal signed in 2022 banking the Reds more than £50m a year. It is due to expire at the end of the 2026/27 season.
The ECHO has contacted Fenway Sports Group for a comment.
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