BNP pleads guilty for 2nd time in $9 bln U.S. sanctions accord
July 09, 2014 at 17:42 PM EDT
NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, for the second time in nine days, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions, as part of a nearly $9 billion settlement in which the French bank admitted to breaking embargoes against Sudan, Cuba and Iran.