Item 1 of 2 A police van is seen outside the building housing Bank of America\u2019s offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into a suspected attack on the premises in Paris, France, March 28, 2026. REUTERS\/Clotaire Achi\/File Photo<\/p>\n
[1\/2]A police van is seen outside the building housing Bank of America\u2019s offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into a suspected attack on the premises in Paris,… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a> Read morePARIS, April 2 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs told its Paris staff they could work remotely on Thursday following a foiled bomb<\/a> attack \u200bon Bank of America (BAC.N), opens new tab<\/a> Paris offices last Saturday, a \u200csource familiar with the matter said, while Citigroup (C.N), opens new tab<\/a> staff in Paris and Frankfurt are also working remotely.<\/p>\n French authorities have placed four suspects in pre-trial \u200bdetention over the plot, which potentially had links to \u200bIran.<\/p>\n Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n The Paris police authority did not immediately reply to \u2060a request seeking comment, while the Paris prosecutor’s office declined \u200bto comment.<\/p>\n Citigroup’s is a precautionary measure, the group said in an \u200bemailed statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n French anti-terrorism prosecutors said late on Wednesday the four suspects \u2014 three teenagers aged 16 and 17 and one adult \u2014 were placed \u200bunder formal investigation on suspicion of manufacturing, transporting and handling \u200ban explosive device and attempting to destroy property as part of a terrorist \u200corganisation.<\/p>\n The \u2060device, a five-litre petrol can taped to a large pyrotechnic charge containing a 650-gram active-material cylinder, was the most powerful of its kind ever identified in France and could have generated “a \u200bpowerful fireball several \u200bmeters in diameter,” \u2060the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said late on Wednesday.<\/a><\/p>\n Investigators established the adult recruited the teenagers, paying them between \u200b500 and 1,000 euros ($580-$1,160) to plant and film \u200bthe \u2060device. All four denied terrorist intent.<\/p>\n France suspects the attack is linked to HAYI<\/a>, a pro-Iranian group that had posted a video on March \u206023 \u200bspecifically naming Bank of America’s Paris headquarters, \u200bthough prosecutors said the link has not yet been formally established.<\/p>\n Reporting by Anousha \u200bSakoui and Mathieu Rosemain. Editing by Inti Landauro and Jane Merriman<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n