Justice Dept reaches deals with four banks under Swiss program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four more Swiss banks cut deals with the U.S. Department of Justice to avoid prosecution for helping Americans evade taxes, the DOJ said on Thursday.

The banks are Societe Generale Private Banking (Lugano-Svizzera) , MediBank AG, LBBW (Schweiz) AG, and Scobag Privatbank AG.

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld and Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Alden Bentley)