
French bank Credit Lyonnais S.A.; CDR‑Entreprises S.A. (CDR‑E), a subsidiary of the French government entity that acquired the bank’s nonperforming assets in 1995; MAAF Assurances S.A. (MAAF), a major French mutual insurance company; and Jean‑Claude Seys, the Chairman of MAAF, have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges that they made false statements to federal banking regulators in connection with the acquisition of junk bonds and the insurance business of the failed Executive Life Insurance Company of California.