Public RelationsBofA, UBS, JPMorgan sued
Bank of America Corp, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co and other banks were sued by a California public utility over claims they rigged sales of municipal derivatives and shared illegal profits through kickbacks.
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The lawsuit, filed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, is based on federal and state antitrust claims. It alleges Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America and more than a dozen other banks conspired to pre-select winners of municipal derivative auctions, coordinated their pricing, and accepted kickbacks disguised as fees from co-conspirators.
The allegations resemble those made by a US grand jury in New York last month, according to the lawsuit filed on November 12 in federal court in Sacramento.