Editor's Insight: Qatar connection in Britain's first big GFC banking prosecution
The charges relate to capital-raising from Qatar's ruling family that rescued Barclays Bank at the peak of the global financial crisis.
Thu, 22 Jun 2017
A top British banker faces criminal charges in the first prosecution of its type relating to the global financial crisis. The accusations involve fraud and illegal payments by the former head of Barclays Bank.
The British Serious Fraud Office has laid the charges against John Varley, Barclays’
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