The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office has brought charges against three former employees at Barclays Bank Plc, Peter Charles Johnson, Jonathan James Mathew, and Stylianos Contogoulas, in connection with its investigation into the manipulation... Read More
The European Commission has fined eight international financial institutions – including Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase – a total of €1,712,468, 000 (approximately US$2.3 billion) for allegedly participating in illegal cartels in markets... Read More
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver for dozens of failed banks including Washington Mutual and IndyMac Bancorp, has sued 17 large banks, alleging that they manipulated LIBOR – the London interbank offered rate – over approximately... Read More
Two former Japanese Yen derivatives traders at Rabobank and the trader responsible for setting Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) have been charged as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation into the... Read More
Canada’s Competition Bureau has discontinued its investigation of alleged collusive conduct into the setting of Yen LIBOR rates and their use in pricing interest rate derivative products. The Bureau said that its investigation – which it... Read More
Consider these recent financial fraud-related settlements: - SAC Capital Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading and Will Pay $1.8 Billion; - Johnson & Johnson to Pay More than $2.2 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations; - Rabobank... Read More