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Royal Bank of Canada used Cayman and Bahamas branches for ‘massive fraud’, claims U. S. regulator

The Cayman Islands and Bahamas branches of Royal Bank of Canada were used by RBC to commit a “multi-hundred million dollar” fraud, according to the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The alleged mastermind was not named in the CFTC’s complaint but it seems to be Richard Tavoso, RBC’s Head of Global Arbitrage and Trading.