BNP Paribas Charged In Sanctions Violation Probe in New York

Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, from left, Eric Holder, U.S. attorney general, and James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), listen during a news conference on BNP Paribas SA at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 30, 2014. BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a record $8.9 billion for violating U.S. sanctions in a case that has spanned several years and reached the highest echelons of French and American diplomacy. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images