If these charges are true, the bank executives involved may fear that civil lawsuits would uncover evidence that could be used in criminal prosecutions. In that case, their interest would naturally lie in seeking – as they now are – to keep that evidence from ever seeing the inside of a courtroom.
如果这些指控是真的，那么涉案银行高管就得担心民事律师发现足以将他们送上刑事庭的证据了。于是，符合他们利益的做法自然是让证据永远不要进入法庭——也就是他们现在在做的事。