Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Ex-UBS Traders Offered Deal by U.S. in Rate Probe



U.S. prosecutors have agreed to shield several former UBS AG employees from criminal charges in return for their cooperation with the escalating investigation of suspected interest-rate manipulation, according to a person close to the probe, the WSJ told us.

The leniency deal was offered to former traders and other employees who had relatively junior-level jobs at the Swiss bank, the person said.

No more than a few of the UBS employees under investigation for alleged interest-rate manipulation still work there, and the company has fired or suspended about 20 traders and managers as a result of the four-year inquiry, another person familiar with the ...

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