UK schemes join £40m claim against scandal-hit Olympus

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UK schemes have joined 60 international institutional investors to sue Olympus for more than £40m over losses caused when the firm's share price plunged after an accounting scandal.

The plaintiffs allege that they lost out after the high tech manufacturer hid losses through false statements and commissions from company reports over more than a decade to 2011. The company, a...

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