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Citi’s Twitter Team Fails to Perform Due Diligence on Felon Seeking Loan

Remember how a Mexican subsidiary of Citigroup kinda loaned a few hundred million to a shitty oil company? No? Allow us to refresh you:

Banking giant Citigroup cut its fourth quarter and full year 2013 estimates on Friday, as its profit was hit by fraudulent activity at a Mexico-based subsidary.

The bank said in a statement that Banco Nacional de Mexico, or Banamex, had loaned $585 million in short-term money to a Mexican oil services company named Oceanografia. It was later discovered that the firm had been suspended by the government from being awarded new contracts,

"Based on Citi's review…Citi estimates that it is able to support the validity of approximately $185 million of the $585 million of accounts receivables owed to Banamex by Pemex as of December 31, 2013," the bank added.

As a result of the incident, Citi will take an estimated $235 million after-tax, or $360 million pre-tax, charge against last year's earnings. The impact will lower 2013 net income from $13.9 billion to $13.7 billion.

Never one to miss out on the opportunity part of the fraud triangle, everyone's favorite unrepentant felon Sam Antar reached out to Citi looking for a little handout of his own. That's not the good part (anyone who follows Sam on Twitter knows Sam has dedicated himself to the fine art of trolling). The good part is that Citi actually took the bait:

We have a feeling Sam is going to take this as far as Citi will let him, we'll keep you posted on any developments.