Royal Bank of Scotland whistleblower sues U.S. agencies in bounty battle
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LONDON/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) - An ex-Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) employee is suing the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for records that could relate to a bounty he says he is owed under a post-crisis whistleblower programme. Victor Hong alleges the U.S. agencies "capriciously" and "in bad faith" flouted the law when assessing whether he was due a payout for information he provided to probes into the British bank's mis-selling of mortgage bonds in the..