Feds Ever-So-Gently File Criminal Charges Against Credit Suisse

The U.S. government has finally backed up its boast that no bank is too big to jail, if by "jail" you mean "vigorously slap on the wrist." The Justice Department on Monday filed criminal charges accusing Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse of conspiring to help U.S. customers dodge taxes, The Wall Street Journal reported. The bank is expected to plead guilty to the charges in a hearing later on Monday, according to Reuters and other reports, in what would be a break from a recent tradition of lett...