The Financial Times reported today that Credit Suisse bank has reached a deal with German tax authorities to end their investigation of whether its employees were involved in helping clients break the law in avoiding German tax liabilities. This follows an agreement with Julius Baer earlier this year. In cases the banks will pay fines (150 million euros for CS and 50 euros for JB). This is absurd, it is like having a bank robber pay a fine to have police drop their investigation of a bank robbery. This kind of treatment of "white collar" crime as opposed to crimes of everyone else has created a justice system where there is not equal treatment under the law. It is parallel to sentences for African-Americans for drug use compared with White Americans. It clears demonstrates that there is a class system which exists and is recognized and acted upon across the Atlantic.