WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings plc could see its 2012 deferred prosecution deal with U.S.authorities over anti-money laundering lapses reopened as aresult of separate, ongoing probes into the bank's alleged rolein manipulating currency rates and helping Americans evadetaxes, a U.S. law enforcement official said on Monday.
"It is quite possible that the may be reopenedas a result of the bank's activities on either or both the taxevasion and foreign exchange manipulation front," the official,who declined to be named, said.
Under the terms of the 2012 agreement, HSBC was obligatedfor five years to both fully cooperate with prosecutors on anyother investigations and commit no crimes after it signed thedeal. (Reporting by Aruna Viswanatha; Editing by Sandra Maler)