A Country’s President Led to a Bank’s Stunning Rise, and Its Fall

2026-11-09 14:43 • ;Adam B. Ellick and Laurence Blair
Prosecutors accused President Santiago Peña of funneling nearly a billion dollars of government funds to the Ueno bank as its executives made reckless insider loans.
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