Spain Opens Fruad Probe Against Madoff

Spain's anticorruption prosecutor has opened an investigation into Bernard Madoff's alleged fraud, which may cost clients of Banco Santander, the nation's largest lender and the owner of US-based Sovereign Bancorp, $3.1 billion.

The probe began last month, said an official at the prosecutor's office who asked not to be identified.

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