Saturday, July 7, 2012

Barclays Sued By Investor Over Alleged Rate Rigging


Barclays Plc was sued by an investor who claimed her futures-trading business was harmed by the bank’s admitted manipulation of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate.

A copy of the complaint, which also names JPMorgan Chase  and Citigroup among other defendants, was provided by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, the law firm representing the investor. The filing couldn’t be independently confirmed yesterday on the website of the federal court in Manhattan.

As part of settlements with U.S. and U.K. regulators, Barclays has admitted rigging the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, as well as the Euribor, its equivalent in euros, as early as 2005. In testimony to the U.K. Parliament this week, Robert Diamond, who resigned as the bank’s chief executive officer, apologized and said 14 Barclays traders were involved….

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