An Israeli administration frustrated by the American attempts to rein in its settlement programme could find welcome distraction in an attempt to succeed where Kadima failed.
Barclays said in its settlement that it and other banks pushed Libor down artificially during the financial crisis to appear more healthy.
In its settlement with Mr. Moore, it stated that at no time did the pension board representative "ever provide Moore with any material, generally undisclosed information".
It is also shortly expected to unveil details of one of the two items of "iconic merchandise" it was granted in its settlement deal with Locog.
The commission signaled, in its settlement with New Jersey, that it was going to look more broadly at the pension disclosures of states and cities.
"I don't like this at all," said Brad Karp, a litigator and chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison who represented Citigroup in its settlement talks with the S.E.C. "It gives them enormous leverage.
Instead, they lamented, Israel now stood accused of having cheated and dissembled in its settlement activity whereas, in fact, it had largely lived within the guidelines to which both governments had agreed.
In 2012, for example, DOJ decided not to charge any individuals in its settlement with British bank HSBC over allegations that it laundered money for drug cartels and countries under international sanctions, including Iran.
UBS neither admitted nor denied the accusations in its settlement.
In its settlement, Morgan Keegan neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing — standard procedure in such agreements.
Last week, Goldman also acknowledged as much in its settlement with the S.E.C.
