Money laundering claims against the Andorran lender Banca Privada d’Andorra has sparked a rush at its cash machines. <br /><br /> State-appointed managers have limited withdrawals in an attempt to contain the damage from U.S. allegations the bank cleaned money for international criminal gangs.<br /><br /> But many of those who’ve been waiting in line just want to get their hands on what is theirs <br /><br /> “Yes, I’m afraid, because the money I need till the end of the month is in that account, and I’m afraid, and they haven’t informed us, they haven’t called us, nothing at all,” said one woman.<br /><br /> Sentiments shared by another of the bank’s clients who said: “We went to do our shopping and the credit card wasn’t working.”<br /><br /> The scandal – which has also spread to neighbouring Spain, where BPA’s Spanish unit Banco Madrid filed for bankruptcy on Monday – is a blow for the mountainous principality, which relies heavily on financial services.<br /><br /> One Spanish saver said he could not now touch his life savings of 740,000
